Detective Ava Locke 0.5-Vanished by Clara Lewis

Author:Clara Lewis [Lewis, Clara]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Suspense, American Suspense, Police Procedural, Crime Thriller, Murder Investigation, Prequel
Published: 2021-05-07T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter 6

Ava couldn’t sleep. She hadn’t realized just how used to the sounds of the city she was: to the cars driving on the street and the occasional siren, to her loud neighbors and how she unintentionally knew everything going on in their lives.

Now she was at a farm, with no neighbors in sight for a few kilometers. And worst of all, it was deadly silent. Sure, there were crickets outside but that could barely compare to a busy highway. It wasn’t an irritation to her at all. The noise had always made her feel safe. In this silence, every rustle or creak or thud would cause her to open her eyes and stare at the ceiling, body tensed and ready for some threat to harm her. The incessant dripping of water from some unknown part of the basement gave her no peace. Giving up on the prospect of a good night’s rest, instinctively she turned her head, expecting a clock to tell her the time. Obviously, there was none. She guessed that it was probably early morning.

Ava sat up, careful not to disturb Ellie who slept beside her. She tiptoed around the sleeping figures of the other girls as she inspected the basement. In the darkness, moonlight shone through a small window located along the top of the wall.

She quickly quelled the sliver of hope when she began to measure the size of the window. Of course, they wouldn’t all fit through there; it was too small. There was only one way out and that was through the trapdoor.

Ava suddenly crouched and froze when she heard the sounds of the man waking up and shuffling around the floors above her. When she heard his footsteps get louder, she curled up into a little ball in the corner where it was darkest. The trapdoor creaked open, and the man descended the stairs, the light from upstairs hiding his features from her. In his hands he held what seemed to be a packet of food and some supplies. He set them down on the stairs and swiftly turned to go back up. Ava stayed as still as possible, holding her breath as she waited for him to leave.

As he turned, she saw a silver key glint from around his neck. The closer he got to the light emanating from the entrance, the more Ava could see. She caught sight of a gun tucked into his waistband and filed that information away for when she decided to escape.

When she saw the trapdoor close shut and heard the sounds of his footsteps fade away, Ava stood once again, staying still for a few moments to check if he would come back. When the coast was clear, Ava approached the packet and breathed a relieved sigh when she saw a bar of soap among its contents.

She looked to the side and found a makeshift bathroom which was more like a recently installed toilet and showerhead with a tap and a drain in a floor, the only privacy a curtain that wrapped around the area.

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