Crystal Creek by Malmborg William

Author:Malmborg, William
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Darker Dreams Media
Published: 2017-03-12T05:00:00+00:00

12

"Wow, it doesn't take long before the town disappears, does it?" Alice noted, eyes glued to the trees beyond the window."No, it really doesn't," Brian agreed. "Makes you wonder what all the hoopla is over the logging companies taking the trees because there seem to be plenty to go around."

"I think it's a different story once you get higher up into the mountain. There are probably hundreds upon hundreds of acres that have been destroyed, entire landscapes and environments fucked up beyond repair."

"Yeah, you're probably right."

"Can you imagine that? Not just the sight of a landscape stripped of trees, but what that would do to the land itself. With the trees gone, all the roots would be rotting away, which would make the land weaker because it's full of holes, so it would erode away easier and water would probably flow down different paths when it rains, cutting through the weaker soil and creating new rivers while others lose water because it no longer flows to them."

"I never really thought about that."

"Honestly, I never did either until I was at the airport yesterday and started reading about the logging company situation in these mountains. I always just thought about the trees themselves and the animals that would call them home. Seems the impact is more than that."

"But hey, at least the logging cuts down on forest fires."

Alice gave him a look that said she was not amused.

Brian was quiet for several seconds and then said, "I wonder what Cheryl will think when we point out the lack of blood."

"I think she's going to fake surprise, while secretly being pissed that we noticed it."

"So you really believe she is behind all this?" Brian said.

"I don't know what to believe at this point, but I think her actions and Beverly Volt's actions are fairly suspect. I mean, why did she lie to you about Annie having a reservation?"

"That's the question that's sticking in my mind."

"You said that when you first spoke to Cheryl she said Annie was pretty much a crackpot who was just trying to get attention, but now I wonder if that was just to try and get you away from this story."

"But then why take me up the mountain to talk to Marlon Gibbs, who was then killed while we were there?"

"Well, made to look like he was killed."

"Yeah, just the same, whoever did that wanted me to think he had been killed right then and there, and that Bigfoot was involved. Why would Cheryl try to get me to leave town one day and then take me up to see that the next?"

"I don't know."

"Me either."

It made no sense to him, and the more he tried to figure out the motivation behind such a thing, the more twisted up his mind became.

But maybe talking to Cheryl would shed some light on things.

Maybe it would force her to realize they had caught her in a lie, and she would admit to what was going on.

Then again, maybe her realization that she was caught would be bad because she would then try to silence them.

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