Buried Alive_A dark Romantic Suspense by Vella Day

Author:Vella Day [Day, Vella]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Erotic Reads Publishing
Published: 2018-05-07T16:00:00+00:00

18

“Susan?” Kerry’s jaw tightened, and her stomach swirled.

Kerry almost didn’t recognize her sister standing in the doorway. The security guard was behind her. “She said she was your sister,” he said. “She wanted to surprise you.”

“She did at that. Thank you.”

He nodded and closed the door.

Why was Susan wearing red glasses instead of her customary contact lenses? Not that it mattered.

Kerry studied her. Something else looked different—out of place. Sure, Susan’s hair had streaks of gray and her hips looked much wider than they had ten years ago, but those signs of aging were normal.

Her sister’s nose looked as though she’d broken it, and the cartilage hadn’t healed properly. That’s what was different. Had Brad done that?

Susan rushed in. “I know I said I’d meet you at seven, but Grandpa told me you had to move out because of some psycho. I came to Tampa just to see you, and I didn’t want you to disappear on me like I used to do to you.” She chuckled, but the tight lines around her mouth told Kerry that Susan saw nothing funny in her statement.

“What a minute. Did you say disappear?” Queasiness grabbed her. “You’re admitting you abandoned me when we were growing up?”

Susan avoided eye contact by glancing over at the bones on the metal gurney. She wrinkled her nose and pointed to the remains of Baby Doe. “What are those?”

Everyone knew what bones looked like. What game was Susan playing now? “They’re the skeleton of an infant, a baby girl, or at least most of the bones.” Kerry forced her tone to be even.

Susan’s face turned ashen. She grabbed the top of the desk chair next to the gurney and slid onto it. “How did the baby die?”

Kerry couldn’t figure out if this was some kind of ploy to soften her up or if the appearance of the small bones truly distressed her sister.

“I’m not sure. Florida had some pretty heavy rains last fall that washed the dirt away from the grave site and exposed the body bag.” Susan didn’t need the grim reality of the dog ripping apart the heavy plastic. “We’re still trying to determine cause of death.”

Susan covered her mouth for a moment. “How terrible. She wasn’t in a casket?” Her eyes brimmed with tears.

“No. Someone buried her in the woods. Why the interest?”

“How old was she?”

Susan’s quick change of focus more than hinted she wasn’t ready to address Kerry’s questions of abandonment. “Susan why did you come? I don’t think it was because you were interested in my work.” Yes, she sounded bitter, but Kerry’s pent up anger got the best of her.

“I wanted to tell you my side of the story of what happened years ago. I’ve kept my secret way too long.”

“Secret?”

“Yes. Secret. I know I’ve hurt you, and I want to right that wrong.”

Kerry didn’t have time for some phony confession, or some made up secret for that matter. “I’m busy right now.” Another harsh comment, but her sister had never been straight with her.

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