Gone South by McCammon Robert R

Author:McCammon, Robert R. [McCammon, Robert R.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Horror, Fiction, Fantasy, Novel
ISBN: 978-1-4532-3157-9
Publisher: Open Road
Published: 1992-01-15T02:00:00+00:00

15

The Truth

DAN HAD STEPPED OUT OF the shower and was toweling off when he heard someone speak his name. He looked at the television set. His face — his driver’s license picture — was looking back at him from the screen. He thought he’d been prepared for the shock, but he was wrong; in that instant he felt as if he’d simultaneously taken a gut punch and had icy water poured on the back of his neck. The newscaster was talking about the shooting of Emory Blanchard, and the camera showed scenes of policemen at the First Commercial Bank. And then the vision truly became nightmarish, because suddenly a distraught face framed with kinky red curls was talking into a reporter’s microphone.

“He went crazy when he found out we knew who he was,” Hannah DeCayne was saying. “Harmon and me tried to stop him, but he was out of his mind. Grabbed the shotgun away from Harmon and blasted him right there in front of me, and then he — oh, dear Lord, it was terrible — then he started beatin’ my husband in the head with the gun. I never saw anybody so wild in my life, there wasn’t a thing I could do!”

The camera showed the dismal Hideaway Motor Court in daylight, then focused on the crippled pickup truck. There was a shot of blood on the sandy ground. “DeCayne was pronounced dead early this morning at an Alexandria hospital,” the newscaster said.

Dan’s knees gave way. He sat down on the edge of the bed, his mouth agape.

“Police believe Lambert may be on his way to Naples, Florida, where his nearest family member lives …”

Christ! Dan thought. They’d brought his mother into this thing now!

“… but there’ve been reports that Lambert’s been seen both in New Orleans and Baton Rouge. Repeating what we understand from Alexandria police, Lambert may be traveling under the name Farrow, and he should be considered extremely dangerous. Again, the First Commercial Bank of Shreveport has put a fifteen-thousand-dollar reward on Lambert, and the number to call with information is 555-9045.” The photograph of Dan came up on the screen again. “Lambert is forty-two years old, has brown hair and brown eyes and stands —”

Dan got up and snapped the TV off. Then he had to sit down once more because his bones felt rubbery and his head was reeling. Anger started boiling up inside him. What kind of damned shit was that woman trying to shovel? No, not trying; she was doing a pretty good job of it, fake tears and all. Dan saw what had happened. The bitch had killed her husband, and who was going to call her a liar? He sensed the net starting to close around him. Who would believe he hadn’t murdered DeCayne? Pretty soon the newscasts were going to make him out to be a bloodthirsty fiend who killed everybody in his path. With his picture on TV, the reward, the police looking for the station wagon

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