Good Little Girls by Rita Herron

Author:Rita Herron [Herron, Rita]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781503902152
Publisher: Montlake Romance
Published: 2018-07-23T16:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER TWENTY-NINE

Shadows darkened the patio of Sandlover’s Cove, a local pub on Seahawk Island, as Carrie Ann parked. The bar overlooked the marsh and catered to locals who liked beer and seafood and enjoyed the late-night pub scene.

It was also off the beaten path and provided an easy place for Carrie Ann to hide. She’d had to get out of that hotel in Savannah. She’d been going out of her ever-loving mind. It had been too damn far from her sister.

Tinsley had refused to talk to her. Again.

Loneliness engulfed her, and she climbed out and crossed the gravel parking lot to the entrance of the pub. Paranoid that a predator might be watching, she scanned the surrounding area, then quickly ducked inside.

She tugged her pink cap over her head to hide her ugly hair loss. She couldn’t help herself; when she was nervous or upset, she pulled it out without even thinking. Now she had bald patches that made her look like a freak.

The last shrink had tried to help her with it. Had given her medication. Antidepressants. Something to help her sleep.

But sleep was her enemy. When she slept, she had nightmares, vivid images of the things that monster had done to her sister. Images she couldn’t get out of her head.

Once she connected to Tinsley’s website, she’d started reading Tinsley’s posts along with the others, and she hadn’t been able to stop. She’d almost become obsessed with the dark thoughts.

Because they were so similar to her own.

If Tinsley knew what she’d been thinking the last few months, her sister would probably lock her in a loony bin.

But the best therapy for both of them was to rid the world of the Skull.

She slipped into a booth in the back, ordered a scotch, then booted up her computer. Seconds later, she found the chat room where the Keepers met.

Carrie Ann followed Marilyn Ellis’s every broadcast. Marilyn not only asked tough questions but also, without even realizing it, kept her informed about Tinsley.

A few months ago, after not hearing from Tinsley, Carrie Ann had wondered whether Tinsley was still alive. Then Marilyn had aired that story about the vigilante killings and mentioned that one of the victims had been left in front of Tinsley’s cottage.

Carrie Ann had been grateful to know where her sister was. And she’d been intrigued by the Keepers.

Cat Landon was her hero. Instead of tolerating the fact that bad men went free, she’d made sure they were punished. That took guts.

She wanted to be like Cat. Be a hero for her sister.

The waitress brought her drink, and Carrie Ann took a sip, then entered the chat room, her nerves pinging. Tonight’s agenda: everyone was supposed to bring a list of problems that needed to be erased.

Taking action instead of sitting around and accepting the injustices felt liberating. Cathartic.

Voices and laughter from the pub blended with the sound of the ocean in the background. Two inebriated girls belted out a song, drawing laughter and clapping from their fellow coeds.

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