Bad News by Amy Cross

Author:Amy Cross [Cross, Amy]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-05-27T22:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twenty-One

“You really don't have to be here for this,” Malone says firmly as we hurry down the slope that leads from the side of the road, toward the people who are working ahead in a clearing in the forest. “In fact, it might be better if you -”

“If you don't want me here,” I reply, “then tell me to go. Otherwise I'm coming with you.”

“We searched this area,” he continues, and I can hear the frustration in his voice. “I was here myself with the men. We went over the whole place, we had dogs, there's no way we could have missed anything.”

“Then it was left here later,” I point out. “That's not completely out of the question. Kimmy -”

“We don't know that it's her!” he snaps. “Not yet!”

“Sure. The body, then. Whoever it is. It could have been moved here more recently. There are plenty of possible explanations.” I wait for him to admit that I'm right, but we've almost reached the crime scene now. “We have to keep an open mind,” I remind him. “Don't let anger cloud your thinking.”

He doesn't reply, and as we reach the clearing I stop and stare at the sight of several figures working near a large metal pipe. The figures are wearing light blue hazard suits, so it's pretty clear that they're dealing with something sensitive, and after a moment I see one of them taking a clear plastic bag and placing it on a red mat.

It takes a few seconds before I realize I can see a human hand inside the bag.

I immediately turn away, horrified by the sight, before forcing myself to look. I turn back and see more bags being placed onto the mat, and I finally begin to understand what Malone said earlier. On the way out here to the forest, he muttered something about a body having been found “in parts”, but it's clear that this person has been hacked into scores of small pieces. And then, just as I'm starting to feel nauseous, I see half a face being placed on the mat, with its features having been cut straight down the middle.

Turning away, I feel for a moment as if I'm about to throw up.

“What have we got here?” Malone barks. “Do we have a name yet?”

“It's her,” another voice replies, trembling slightly. “We'll have to have a proper identification later, but it's Kimmy. See for yourself.”

“You don't know that for sure,” Malone replies, “she could be -”

“I knew the girl, Aiden!” the other voice says firmly. “Not well, but I knew her, and I'm telling you... It's Kimmy Duchette.”

With my back still turned to the horrific scene, I hear the crinkling of plastic bags and the thuds of multiple sets of footsteps moving all around the site. I know I'm going to have to turn and look again, but the thought is horrifying, and finally I reach a compromise. I half turn, until I'm looking over at the large pipe that's poking out

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