Apocalypse Island by Mark Edward Hall

Author:Mark Edward Hall [Hall, Mark Edward]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
ISBN: 9781470012632
Publisher: Lost Village Publishing
Published: 2012-02-01T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 64

“Why do I think you’re bullshitting me about everything, Rick? Why do I think you’re bullshitting yourself?”

“Don’t push me, girl.”

“Christ, there’s something freaking weird going on with this whole case and you know it. You’re backtracking because you believe everything deserves a logical explanation, but mostly it’s because you’re afraid.”

“Not true.”

“Sure you are.”

Jennings glared at Laura. “Are you aware of a theorem known as Occam’s Razor?”

“Sure,” Laura said. “Let’s see, ‘All things being equal, the simplest answer tends to be the right one.’ William of Occam, fourteenth century.”

“Very good,” said Jennings. “And the simplest answer is that some smart son-of-a-bitch like Wolf is killing these women, and he’s talking about monsters and bad dreams and all that shit so that when we finally nail him he’ll have an insanity defense.”

“I don’t believe it,” Laura said, but deep down she knew there was something weird about Wolf and this whole case. There was something around him that smacked of weird. Actually her mind was thinking the word ‘evil’ not weird but she didn’t really want to go there with Jennings. He didn’t need any more excuses to yank her off the case and now that she was in it she wanted desperately to stay in it till the end.

“Understand this, Detective Higgins, Wolf is being watched.”

“I told you, he’s not stupid.”

“I know he’s not. If he understands he’s being watched, maybe he won’t try anything.”

“I thought you wanted to know—”

“I do, but I don’t want to lose you in the process.”

“I’m a big girl, Rick. I can take care of myself.” She got up to leave. “I’ll let you know what I find in his apartment.”

“I don’t like it.”

“I’ll be careful.”

Jennings glared at her. “This is what I’ll do,” he said. “I’ll give you a few more days with Wolf, and if you don’t get anything then I’m pulling you off the case. This is getting way too weird for me. Understand?”

Laura nodded.

“And Laura?”

“Yeah?”

“I don’t want you coming in here anymore.”

“Sure, Rick.” She knew why and wondered why he hadn’t gone that route from the beginning.

“From now on I want us to meet at your apartment.”

“What’s wrong with yours?”

“It’s too obvious, but just in case, I do have another place.”

“Oh?”

“It’s private, out of the way. The important thing is, nobody knows about it. And I’d like to keep it that way.”

“Nobody?”

“Nobody. It’s my sanctuary.”

“Why are you telling me this?”

“In case you get in trouble and need a place to go.” He gave her a couple of sheets of paper. The top one was a detailed Google map. The bottom one was a series of numbers.

“What’s this?”

“Combination to the door and the security system.”

Laura looked at the address, raised an eyebrow and said, “Listen, Rick, I’m not going to need this.”

“Keep it. Never know when you might need a sanctuary.”

“I never took you as a sanctuary kind of guy.”

“It’s a place I can go when I need to think. I’ve been spending a lot of time there lately.”

“Jesus, Rick, you’re scaring me.

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