Dig Deeper: A Hallie James Mystery (The Hallie James Mysteries Book 1) by DK Herman

Author:DK Herman
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Publisher: UNKNOWN
Published: 2016-12-29T00:00:00+00:00

NINE

I was dreaming about being buried alive. I woke with a start and sat up in bed, trying to shake the nightmare from my mind. I rubbed my eyes and realized my face was wet with tears. I was still tired, but I had too much to do to spend the day in bed.

The cops had kept me busy with questions until four in the morning. I was interrogated by Detective Kasey for over an hour. His attitude implied, I was the killer. At least the girl I’d found was still alive when she left in the ambulance.

A peek at my phone, told me it was after nine o'clock in the morning. So, after getting ready for the day, I went in search of coffee. Following my nose, I ended up in the kitchen. Seeing my red, droopy eyes, Liv handed me a cup and dug the hazelnut creamer out of the fridge.

"Bless you,” I said. After taking a huge gulp, I sat on a stool, staring at the coffee in my hands.

"Ben took your Gram to the hospital," Liv said, putting bread into the toaster.

"Oh, good. How was she this morning?" I let out a yawn that made my jaws crack.

"Better than you." Liv topped off my coffee.

"I'll be OK." I yawned again. "I guess everybody heard about last night?"

"The police talked to all of us,” Liv said, putting a plate of bacon and fluffy scrambled eggs in front of me. "I'm glad you found that poor girl, but you've got to be more careful, honey. What if that maniac hurt you?”

"Don't worry about me. I had my gun with me, and I'm a good shot."

"Uh huh,” She grumbled and added a plate of buttered toast, next to my bacon and eggs. "Eat every bite."

"No problem." I dug in. "When did Ben leave?"

"About a half hour ago." Liv answered. "He said, he’d be right back. He wants to talk to you."

Ben found me in the kitchen as I was finishing my breakfast. He looked anxious, even turning down my last strip of bacon. Finishing my coffee, I followed him up to my sitting room.

"I hope it's OK, but last night I watched the rest of the mall security DVD," Ben said, running a hand over his dark, blonde hair.

"And?" I sat on the couch, one foot underneath me.

"She never came back out of the mall,” he said. Then he saw my expression of disbelief. "I never took my eyes of the screen, Hallie. I wanna catch this guy so bad." He crumpled onto the other end of the couch.

"Don't feel bad." I sighed. "I was feet away from him in the woods last night, and I let him get away."

"But you’re OK, and you saved the other girl's life,” Ben pointed out. "What do we do next?"

"I'm going to try to get into Ashley and Cara's email,” I said.

"I'm not sure about my sister's password, but I have an idea about Ashley's." He got up, and paced in front of me.

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