Hailey Rock FBI 02-Beside You by Dark Rylie

Author:Dark, Rylie [Dark, Rylie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Suspense, American Suspense, Police Procedural, Crime Thriller, Murder Investigation, FBI
Publisher: Rylie Dark
Published: 2023-03-09T05:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER FOURTEEN

“He’s got her, I just know he’s got her,” she said as Hailey thumped up the three creaking, wooden steps onto the porch. The woman didn’t say hello, didn’t even look at her. Hailey got the impression she hadn’t looked at anything except the same spot on the porch two feet in front of her for quite some time.

It was an hour later, and Hailey found herself at a modest, two-story house on Valley View Lane at the edge of Tampa. In the more prosperous area of this tiny town, the street stood on a low ridge overlooking a valley to the north of farm fields and patches of woodland. A narrow stream wound its way through the bottom of the valley, glinting in the early afternoon sun.

Graham and Sheriff Roper were already there, standing on the porch as a middle-aged, stout woman in a gingham dress, a mug of tea in hand, rocked slowly on the porch swing, radiating despair.

Sheriff Roper turned to Hailey. “This is Andrea Snyder. Her niece, Rita Snyder, is nineteen and lives here. Rita’s parents are out of town right now, and Rita is alone at home. Apparently, she turned off her phone and social media because of a breakup and she didn’t know what was going on in town.”

“Poor girl. Ryan is such a nice boy. I don’t know why he broke up with her,” Andrea Snyder whispered.

“So, why do you think your niece has been abducted?” Hailey asked. No doubt they had already asked this, but she wanted to hear it for herself, and later, she would ask them if there were any inconsistencies in her story.

“She was alone at home. I thought she’d be careful what with everything that’s going on. Since her parents are away, I was worried, and so, I called her yesterday afternoon. She didn’t pick up. I didn’t think much of it. You know how kids are. So, I left a text message and when she didn’t respond, I called again last night. Then this morning when she didn’t pick up again, I came on over and discovered she wasn’t here.”

“Do you have any idea where she might have gone?” Hailey asked. Once again, this had surely been asked before, but she wanted to hear it for herself.

“I figured she had gone and visited friends. I called around since I know most of them or at least their parents. Turns out she was over at Francine’s last night.”

“Francine Blankenship,” Sheriff Roper explained. “Just a fifteen-minute walk south of here.”

The woman went on, still staring at that same spot on the wood floor of the porch. “Francine said they had a movie night. She also said Ryan had broken up with Rita and was spreading rumors about her, so Rita had shut off her phone and wasn’t checking nothing. No calls, no social media, nothing. I don’t think she even knew there was a killer out hunting for girls like her.”

“Wouldn’t her friends have told her? This Francine person?” Hailey couldn’t believe it.

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