A Shaft of Light by Amy Gaudette

Author:Amy Gaudette [Gaudette, Amy]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-12-06T07:00:00+00:00

Chapter 20

Brady stared after his dad. It was the most interaction he’d had with him in months, maybe even years. Anger coursed through his body. He felt tears of frustration trying to overpower his self-control. He heard his dad head back out the door. He was going out to find Megan, he knew it. Brady picked up his dad’s half-eaten sandwich from the counter and threw it into the sink. Determination swept him up. He knew where Megan was. His dad didn’t. He would warn her about what was coming.

Brady knew he had to proceed cautiously or he could lead them to where she was staying. That was not going to happen. He went out the rarely-used back door and cut through the backyard. Over a fence and through the garden beds. After reaching the street, he jogged towards the West Gate. His dad never came this way.

Brady felt like a secret agent in some movie. Somehow it wasn’t quite the same as watching it on a big screen. He moved as rapidly as he could without drawing attention to himself and made as direct a route as possible to the hotel. He would go find Megan and tell her all he knew. She would know what to do.

Marie waited in an old red pickup truck a few cars down from the West Gate. Anticipating Brady’s move was easy. She followed the camera’s track of him, first out back door, and through their neighbors’ yard, and then picked him up again on the security cameras installed on West Gate. She watched as he turned and headed up the street, and out of view on her laptop. Just as I figured. She gloated. Good job, Brady. Lead me right to Megan now.

Brady didn’t disappoint. Marie watched him from her truck, making a few passes, as he lead her to 7th and Baker Street. Sleeping Inn was an obvious choice. Marie waited until he had gone in before pulling into the parking lot. She pulled out her cell phone, and called Doug.

“I’m at Sleeping Inn, Doug. Your son has lead me right to Megan. Shall I go in?”

“No. Thank you, Marie. I’ll take it from here.”

“Okay, Doug. I’ll wait out here in case you need me.”

Doug thought about firing her, getting her busybody nose out of their house. Just as quickly, he remembered he hadn’t hired her, Richard had. Richard hired, Richard fired. That’s the way it was.

Doug parked his car and made his way into the hotel. He approached the receptionist and asked for Megan’s room number, indicating that he was to meet her here.

“I’m sorry, but there is no one by that name here.”

“Are you sure? Check again.”

Doug heard the click of keys. “No. Sorry.”

It dawned on him that her room could have been rented under the doctor’s name. He could be paying for her stay here.

“Could you check one more person? A Dr. Sam Timmons. The room could be under his name.”

“I’m sorry, but no one is listed by that name either.

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