Deadly Goals by Wilt Browning

Author:Wilt Browning
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781635762273
Publisher: Diversion Books
Published: 2017-07-26T16:00:00+00:00

After sleeping for a few hours on Denise’s couch, Jeannie went back to her apartment with Denise to pick up a few things. They circled carefully through the neighborhood first to make certain that Pernell’s car wasn’t there. When Jeannie walked into her bedroom, where Pernell had strewn all the underwear from her clothing drawers, she was quick to spot her personal phonebook lying amidst the clutter. It was open to the B page.

“He’s got Tony’s number,” Jeannie said.

Denise knew the implications of that, and she saw the panic rising in Jeannie.

“This is probably how he got my number, too,” Denise said, “and where he called me from that night.”

She reached for the telephone and pushed the redial button thinking that the last number called might have been her own and she soon would be hearing her answering machine.

“Hello,” she said warily when a female voice answered. “Who is this?”

“Susan,” the voice said.

“Susan who?”

“Susan Demos. Who are you trying to reach?”

“I’m sorry,” Denise said. “Must have dialed the wrong number.” She put the phone back on the cradle.

“Do you know a Susan Demos?” she asked Jeannie.

“Who?”

“Susan Demos.”

“No.”

Jeannie picked out a few clothes and other items and left without bothering to clean up the mess. She just wanted away from that place and the memories of the previous night, she told Denise.

That evening, Jeannie called her mother and told her cheerfully about her trip, failing to mention her homecoming. Almost as an afterthought, she mentioned that she was staying with Denise and was planning to move in with her.

On Monday, Jeannie asked the telephone company to disconnect her line and send a final bill. That night, she and Denise took boxes to her apartment and began packing. When Denise reached to unplug the telephone and answering machine, she pressed the review button first. The machine beeped to life.

“Jeannie. You there?” It was Pernell’s voice. “You’d better pick up because I know you’re there…”

Denise jerked the plug from the wall, silencing the machine.

Denise left first in her loaded Jeep, and Jeannie followed shortly. Halfway to Denise’s house, Jeannie looked into her rearview mirror and saw a gold Fiero closing fast. The Fiero rode her bumper for a short distance before pulling alongside and swerving toward Jeannie’s Nissan. Jeannie turned sharply right, nearly going off the road but managed to keep control. The Fiero fell back and remained on her bumper, so close that she couldn’t see the headlights. No matter how fast Jeannie went, the Fiero stayed there, until finally it pulled alongside and swerved toward her again, this time so close that she ran off the road and onto a grassy knoll before coming to a stop. Her heart had been pounding with fear, she later told Denise, and she was certain that Pernell would stop and yank her from the car, but she saw the taillights of the Fiero disappearing into the darkness. Shaken, she backed her car onto the road and made her way to Denise’s house.

At the end

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