A Brady Paranormal Investigations Box Set by Harper Crowley

Author:Harper Crowley [Crowley, Harper]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Harper Crowley
Published: 2019-06-22T22:00:00+00:00

Chapter 17

“Explain to me again how you ended up out here?” Sheriff Sinclair glares at me under the rim of his hat. Spotlights illuminate the abandoned house, and he’s standing in front of one, so I have to shade my eyes every time I look at him. He’s probably doing it on purpose, the jerk.

“I told you, Sheriff, Greg said his brother was injured in the house, and we needed to help him.”

He jots something down on a mini notepad. “And you found Greg while you were out hunting Bigfoot, right?”

My cheeks burn. “That’s right.” I glance at Russ and Jess, who are both talking to another deputy about ten feet away. I can’t hear what they’re saying, but I’m sure it mirrors my conversation with the sheriff. This divide-and-conquer routine to get the truth won’t work with us. We don’t have anything to hide.

“I hope you understand my position here, Ms. Brady. Atopka is a quiet town. Things like this don’t happen in small towns.”

I’ve heard that one before. “I guess there’s a first time for everything.”

“I’m not your enemy here, Ms. Brady.” He scratches the skin under the brim of his hat. “I’m just trying to figure out what’s going on. You guys show up, and all hell breaks loose.”

I bark out a harsh laugh before I can stop myself. “I hardly think finding some missing person’s camping gear, covered in blood, mind you, and locating a missing person count as hell breaking loose. Those were all here before we showed up. Maybe we’re just that good.”

“Uh huh,” he says. “Is that what happened in Georgia?”

I school my face into a blank expression. “Coincidence. We just happened to be in the right place at the right time.”

“Uh huh. I called down there and tried to find out how a bunch of kids and a dog managed to crack not one, but two cold cases in a week. That shouldn’t be possible.”

I cross my arms over my chest. “And yet here we are.”

“Aren’t I lucky,” he mutters. “So tell me again, one more time, how you got out here and found both Mr. Burrows and the dead body.”

“But I already told you, twice. Why you weren’t looking harder for them? You might have found Fred in time before...” I know it’s gutsy of me to ask that, but the words spill out of my mouth before I can stop them.

A muscle ticks in the sheriff’s jaw. “I will not discuss an open case with you, Ms. Brady. Again, please tell me the sequence of events that led you to find Mr. Burrows and his brother?”

I glare at him. “Seriously?”

“Yes, seriously,” he says.

About half an hour later, the sheriff and his minions release us to the care of George, but we don’t leave. They haven’t removed the body yet, so we decide unanimously to linger until they do.

“This is the most fun I’ve had in years,” George says, rubbing his hands together. “Besides, I ain’t got nothing better to do, anyway.

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