Disillusioned by Barritt Christy

Author:Barritt, Christy [Barritt, Christy]
Language: eng
Format: azw3
ISBN: 9781503934795
Publisher: Waterfall Press, Grand Haven, MI
Published: 2016-08-09T04:00:00+00:00

“I don’t know how that got there,” Bobby insisted. “I’m telling you the truth.”

They’d moved downstairs to the kitchen. Bobby sat with his hands on the table and his shoulders slouched. Kade stood in front of him. Ten Man paced behind them. Nikki sat beside her brother, speechless. Deflated.

“I can’t imagine Jack and Savannah leaving those things in the attic,” Kade said. “Nor can I picture Nikki or Tennyson doing it. That only leaves you.”

Bobby lowered his head, drawing in deep breaths. “I don’t know what to say. Your mind is already made up. You think I brought those things into the house, but I didn’t. How would I have even picked them up? I don’t have a car. You would have noticed if I left for any amount of time.”

Kade leaned back in his chair and ran a hand through his hair. “Someone around here was going to build a bomb. Anyone else have any ideas?”

Nikki’s stomach twisted. She’d tried and tried to trust Bobby, but maybe that was an impossibility at this point. Who else would have left those materials in the attic? Then again, Bobby had raised a good point: How would he have gotten those chemicals? They would have definitely known if he took one of their cars and went for a drive.

“Have you guys been out of the house all at once since you’ve arrived?” Ten Man asked.

Nikki and Kade exchanged a glance.

“Twice,” Nikki said. “If you include the confrontation we had in the barn. We were outside . . . maybe an hour during that incident.”

It was long enough for someone to plant bomb-making materials. But why not just kill them? Why make things so complicated?

“What were you going to do with those supplies?” Kade asked. “Can you tell us what you were planning?”

Bobby’s hands hit the table and his voice rose. “I’m telling you the truth. I’m not planning anything. I don’t know what I can say to get you to believe me.”

“There’s enough chemicals up there to blow up a shopping mall, Bobby,” Kade continued. “Speaking of which, Ten Man, I need you to get rid of them. All of them. Do whatever you have to do. I want all of it out of this house. Now.”

Ten Man nodded and stomped up the stairs.

Bobby hung his head, his face haggard. “What do you want me to do?”

“I want you to be honest,” Kade said.

“I have been!” Bobby rushed to his feet, his energy level surging. “I’ve told you everything I can remember. I don’t know what else I can do.”

“We only want to help you, Bobby.”

“I want to help me.” Bobby’s shoulders slumped, and he sat down again. “But I don’t know how to do that. Hook me up to a lie detector. Do whatever you have to do. If you think the world is better off with me being tied up and locked away, then do it. But I’m innocent. Someone is setting me up. I’m telling you—someone left those materials in hopes that you’d find them and turn me in.

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