Deep Beneath by Dale Mayer

Author:Dale Mayer
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Mystery, Suspense
ISBN: 9781773361277
Publisher: Valley Publishing Ltd.
Published: 2023-09-10T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 15

“You don’t get to have that,” Whimsy scolded Jamie.

Jamie just sent her an odd look, disappearing into his room and shutting the door behind him.

She glanced at Samson and held up the bottle of wine. “Has he got a drinking problem?”

“It seems to only affect him when he’s on drugs,” he said wearily. “I don’t understand the compulsion to add alcohol to drugs, but it’s something he does.”

“That makes no sense.” She put the wine into his hands and walked out to the living room. As she did, she watched as a tall graceful woman in her early fifties walked in the door, carrying a few bags and a box. “Let me help you,” she said, racing forward.

Heather smiled and said, “Thank you. Ned’s bringing in more.”

With everything laid on the dining room table, Whimsy was surprised to see that much food. “There’s enough to feed an army here.” Yet she was famished, so maybe not.

“I wasn’t sure how hungry everybody would be,” Heather said, then bustled about in the kitchen, grabbing plates and cutlery.

Whimsy, happy to have something constructive to do, opened up the containers, leaving them on the dining table, then placing all the removed lids on the kitchen counter area. “It smells divine,” she said as she returned to join the others.

“It’s Greek from on the corner,” Heather said. “We use their services a lot. Their food is excellent.”

“Well, it smells like it.” Whimsy sat down. “Will Jamie come out to eat?”

Heather shrugged. “He might. It depends on how he’s feeling. If he’s still dealing with drugs, then not likely.”

“And Samson?”

Heather lifted a veiled glance toward the hallway where Samson still hadn’t emerged. She caught Ned’s gaze and motioned toward the door with her head. Ned nodded and walked down there. Whimsy could hear voices, and then finally the two men emerged. They both grabbed plates, served themselves decent portions, and then sat down beside Whimsy.

Ned looked at her. “Did you ever contact any of your friends?”

She shook her head. “Not really. I emailed the couple we’d gone kayaking with but no one else. Although I haven’t really had time. But I don’t think I should, not after the gunman found us at Mark’s place. Finding out my former fiancé was partly behind what happened to me has been enough of a shock. That he did it for money … I know he was always broke but hadn’t realized it was that bad, he did love to gamble though …” she said slowly. “I was trying to avoid having any more of my happy memories destroyed by contacting friends and finding out they weren’t who I remembered either.”

“I don’t think it’s good idea to reach out to anyone beyond this room of people, not until the gunmen are accounted for,” Samson said.

“And not until the police or medical authorities associated with the Woodrow House have been handled too,” Heather offered.

Whimsy nodded. “Part of my particular struggle is, in this last six months when I was engaged, it seems like I lost most of my friends,” she confessed.

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