Damned (Kassidy Bell Series Book 4) by O'Rourke Lynda

Author:O'Rourke, Lynda [O'Rourke, Lynda]
Language: eng
Format: azw3, epub
Publisher: Ravenwoodgreys
Published: 2017-02-16T05:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER TWENTY-SIX

Kassidy

I dried my tears and turned away from the window. Langstone was standing at the head of the table, rummaging through a tatty cardboard box. Mr. Shackleton had disappeared; I hadn’t heard him leave. Sylvia was still crouched underneath the table, her eyes shut tight and she mumbled quietly. Still handcuffed, she continued to rock back and forth.

I watched her closely and wondered if the rocking motion was some kind of blanket – a soother. Did it make her feel comforted? Was she so disturbed that there was no hope for her? That same old question still bugged me. Was she crazy or playing a very good game? Not wanting to look at Doctor Langstone, I continued to focus on Sylvia. Every so often I would catch a glimpse of her staring about the room, checking it out. I was almost convinced that her crazy state was all an act. There was more to Sylvia than just some deranged mental patient, especially after the things she had said about Jude. I had so much that I needed to ask her. I only hoped that I would get some solid information from Sylvia about Jude.

Clearing his throat and breaking the silence that had swamped the room, Doctor Langstone looked up and said, “I left Strangers Hill after one of Trabek’s drug tests went horribly wrong. Well… all of them went wrong but this one in particular was chaos. Previous tests hadn’t worked but most of the volunteers just died without causing us too many problems. They were easily covered up with the help of Cherry Tree’s law enforcement. We could easily dispose of the bodies at the local crematorium with the assistance of Inspector Cropper. Any family members would be dealt with. Anyone who dared to question what went on behind the closed doors at Cruor Pharma.” Doctor Langstone smiled as if remembering happier times. “It helped having most of the workforce live in Holly Tree. They were desperate for work… desperate to keep their jobs. How else would they pay their bills? So people kept quiet. Of course, they had no idea what was really happening. Most of the workforce was kept out of the old part of Cruor Pharma. They worked on the real drug tests. They heard rumours, of course. Some of them… the ones who got caught up in the mess… were told that the volunteers had gone mad from the drugs. They had no idea who I or Doctor Middleton really were. They just kept on believing that we were the same old doctors who had worked at Cruor Pharma for all those years. They knew not to question us – they valued their employment, and I think, their lives. I’m fairly certain that Inspector Cropper made sure that we were to be feared.”

Sitting down on a chair, my throat still sore, I asked, “How did you come to be inside Cruor Pharma? Who brought your coffins there?”

Doctor Langstone smirked, and poking a black nail

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