Called by Robert J. Crane

Author:Robert J. Crane
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: Science Fiction & Fantasy, Horror, Dark Fantasy, Fantasy, Paranormal & Urban, Genre Fiction, Literature & Fiction
Publisher: Revelen Press
Published: 2014-02-03T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 7

Arch had dropped by Hendricks’s motel room, knocked on the door, and gotten no response. He was tempted to ask the manager of the Sinbad for a key. He’d talked to him earlier, could see the recognition in the man’s eyes. He was clearly a fan of Arch’s from back in the day. Arch still got that and mostly didn’t mind. It tended to produce cooperation of a kind not necessarily enjoyed by other members of the department. In some cases, that counted for more than others. He considered himself lucky when all it did was make them think of him as a man asking for help rather than a cop trying to get them to give something up.

He didn’t push it, though, not yet. Odds were that Hendricks was elsewhere, maybe getting a bite, and he was all set to drive by a couple of the restaurants when his phone went off again. He picked it up, saw it was Alison, and answered. “Hey, babe.”

“Hey,” she came back. “You’re off now, right?”

“Just clocked out a few minutes ago,” he said, answering automatically. “Why?”

“Meet me at the apartment?” Her voice was hopeful, honey laced with extra sugar. Not enough to gag him, just enough to recognize it for what it was. “I got a break, figured instead of getting some supper, we’d just … satisfy some other cravings.”

Arch wasn’t far gone enough on working this demon thing that he was unresponsive, but it did produce a little resistance in him. He shut it up pretty quick by remembering that Hendricks was indisposed in some way right now, anyhow. “Sure. I can drop by home for a little bit. You got a half hour off?”

“Yep,” she said, “and I’m leaving now.”

“Okay,” he said, “you’ll beat me home by about five minutes, probably.”

“Hurry, hurry,” she teased. “See you then.”

Once he’d hung up, he took one last look at the door to Hendricks’s room. The demons could wait a half hour or so. Besides, he needed to eat anyway.

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