Anxiety: Nitty Gritty - Episode 6 - A Tale of Murder, Mystery and Romance (A Smoke and Mirror Book) by H. D. Thomson

Author:H. D. Thomson [Thomson, H. D.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: steamy erotic thriller romance mystery sci-fi science short story kindle fiction, cheap read, fantasy suspense with woman in jeopardy and medical thriller, ghost and spirit doctor of genetics murder, dark kindle short reads, scary 99 cents
Publisher: Bella Media Management
Published: 2015-01-07T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter 4

A piercing cry cut through the mournful sigh of the wind as Jake ran up the embankment toward the house. With knife-like pain stabbing his temple where Malcolm had hit him with the shovel, he glanced up to the roof and saw Margot and another woman up there, both fighting and locked in some obscene shuffle.

He quickened his pace, kicking up snow, pushing his arms and legs until they screamed from the abuse. Frigid air cut into his lungs. Sweat broke on his brow and chilled his already cold skin as he raced toward the house.

Suddenly, they rolled off the roof. He heard the sickening thump as both bodies hit the ground. Nothing but stillness and silence carried over the wind.

“No!”

He stumbled, caught his balance by grabbing onto a tree branch, and charged out into the clearing and over to Margot’s motionless body.

“For the love of God, don’t do this—”

Jake collapsed onto his hands and knees beside Margot, uncaring of the snow’s bitter cold against his bare palms. She lay face up, both arms flung out at her sides, her eyes closed, her skin almost as white as the snow around her.

Quickly, he checked for a pulse and found one, strong and steady against his fingers.

“Margot?” His words scraped against his throat. “Can you hear me?”

Her lashes flickered, but remained shut. He glanced over at the other woman several yards from her side. Joyce. The short blonde hair gave her away. Her body rested face down in the snow, unmoving. Knowing Joyce wasn’t going to be much of a threat any time soon, he turned back to Margot.

She hadn’t stirred. Scared of the seriousness of her injuries, he didn’t attempt to move her. He didn’t have the equipment or know-how to work with a possible spinal injury. He wasn’t that type of doctor. He rose on one knee with the intention of calling for an ambulance, but paused when a sigh whispered past Margot’s lips.

Her lids flickered open, and she squinted up at him. “My head. What—”

“Can you move? How are your limbs? Do they have feeling?”

She wiggled her fingers in the snow beside her. “Okay, I think.”

He helped her struggle into a sitting position.

She winced and placed a hand to her brow. “Oh, yeah. I have feeling. It feels like a semi-truck flattened me.”

“I wouldn’t make any sudden moves. You’re bound to have hurt something with that fall.”

Panic flared into her eyes, and the rest of her face leached of color. “Where’s Joyce?” She pivoted at the waist and stiffened. “Oh, God. She shot and killed Malcolm and tried to do the same with me.”

She backpedaled, flinging snow with the heels of her shoes as she slid away from Joyce and into Jake’s arms. He caught her head against the crook of his arm and chest.

“Is she...”

“I don’t know.”

He held her in his arms and ran a soothing hand over the silk of her hair. She was shaking in shock. Her body felt like a damn block of ice.

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