Biker Blues by Dale Mayer

Author:Dale Mayer
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Fiction
ISBN: 9781928122913
Publisher: Valley Publishing Ltd.
Published: 2018-06-12T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 12

She searched through her files as Hemi Colfax’s name triggered something in the back of her mind. She’d seen some of his artwork. Where?

Then she got it. She’d been a judge at a contest, and she was sure he’d submitted one of the semi-finalist entries. Did she still have a copy of it? She dug through the emails to find the links. Clicking on the website that showed the original entries, she quickly scanned through the images. With Morgan leaning over her shoulder, studying the images along with her, she flicked from page to page. Hemi had a natural talent but it was raw and as yet unrefined.

He needed more practice, but he had the potential to be excellent. She’d been fascinated by his talent but couldn’t see any resemblance to the images she’d posted. There. She enlarged his entry and studied his techniques. It was a dragon. And his whorls were clearly evident. His shading was interesting but also not quite there yet. He hadn’t gotten into the finals, and given his talent, he might have considered the results to be unfair that he might hold his lack of standing against her.

Her name had been on the website as she’d been listed as one of the judges.

Easy to see. Easy to track down. “I wonder if someone who wasn’t happy with his standing would be pissed off enough to come after us.”

“Meaning this Hemi guy?”

“Not him per se, but someone else in the contest maybe.” But even to her, the motive was lacking the punch to do what had been done to them. And if killing Billy was added to the list, then this persona had to be seriously pissed.

“How big a deal is this contest?” Morgan asked, studying the page intently.

She shrugged. “Not really, but it’s big enough that people do get hurt and upset over the results. Pissed enough to kill? I doubt it, but who knows?”

He nodded. “Right. And this Hemi guy?”

“It’s not him.”

“You’re sure?”

She nodded. “Yeah, I’m sure.”

“Damn. What about the other one? Mark Sanders.”

“I don’t see the name here.” She quickly searched for the name, adding the words tattoo artist. Up popped dozens of pages. She scrolled carefully to the first one.

“This might be him.” She pulled up the listed webpage and sure enough, there was another artist using a similar dragon tattoo as hers. She frowned. Good thing she’d decided not to do these anymore. This guy wasn’t very good, but the designs were unique. They were too unique to be the ones she’d seen, but it was close enough that she could see why this guy came to mind for the other forum members. But she’d bet her career that he wasn’t their stalker.

As she stared at the tattoos, she realized something else. Even though this guy was up and coming and his stuff was a little in need of finesse in various points, he was way better than the tattoos she’d seen in the multiple images they’d been given. They’d been really rough.

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