Cold Deception by D.B. Tait

Author:D.B. Tait
Language: eng
Format: mobi
ISBN: 9781760300395
Publisher: Pan Macmillan Australia
Published: 2015-03-11T17:00:00+00:00

Chapter 14

Julie woke suddenly and completely.

Not again.

It wasn’t a yell that roused her. She wasn’t sure what she’d heard.

The house was dark and quiet. Throwing back her quilt, she stood quickly, wobbling on still sleepy legs. Silence settled around her. She crossed to the window and looked. Nothing. The moon was a sliver in the sky providing minimal light.

There. Again.

She turned to the doorway.

A click as if someone was trying to not make a noise.

Probably just Dee or Ma going to the bathroom.

But that didn’t sound right. For a start, it sounded like the back door. She peered out the window again. There was nothing in the back garden. Crossing to the doorway, she opened it and stood hesitating. Everything was still.

Padding down the hallway to the top of the stairs, the fine hairs on the back of her neck rose as she realized someone had been in the house. She didn’t know how she knew, but she was certain someone other than her family had occupied the air around her only minutes ago. She scanned the hallway again.

A noise from Blossom’s room made her move quickly to her sister’s door. It was slightly ajar. She pushed it further open to see Blossom tossing and turning in her bed, a low muttering coming from her mouth.

Julia crossed to the bed and placed her hand on her sister’s arm. Blossom jumped as if scalded.

“What? What?”

“It’s okay. You were having a bad dream.” She sat on the bed and smoothed Blossom’s hair off her face. Her skin was hot and clammy. “Are you feeling all right? You’re hot.”

Blossom shook off her hand.

“I’m fine.” She rubbed her wrist over her forehead. “Did I make a lot of noise?”

Julia shook her head. “Not you. I thought I heard something else and got up to investigate. Your door was ajar so I could hear you muttering something in your sleep.”

Blossom frowned. “My door was open?”

Julia shrugged. “Maybe Ma looked in on you.” She paused. “What were you dreaming about?”

Blossom glared at her. “The usual. Blood and mayhem. I don’t dream about anything else.”

Julia stared at her sister, worry knifing through her gut. “How’s it going with Douglas?”

Blossom shrugged. “Okay, I guess.”

“And Rez?”

“What do you mean?”

“How are you feeling about him? About what happened?”

Blossom scowled. “What do you want me to say? That I’ve reformed, realized what a bad girl I’ve been and turned over a new leaf? Yeah, he’s a jerk and I’m an idiot. But I don’t like being lied to.”

“I’m not lying to you.” Even to her ears the words sounded hollow and unconvincing.

“Sure,” Blossom said. “Look, I’m tired. I need to sleep. She pulled up her quilt and lay back down, her back to Julia.

This couldn’t go on. What the hell was she going to do?

Her mind was full of holes like an old cloth fraying in the wind. She made her way back to her bed wondering if Rez hadn’t been visiting, who had?

*

Dylan needed more information. There had to be something in the evidence files about the computers.

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