Hollow Road by H. P. Bayne

Author:H. P. Bayne [Bayne, H. P.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781999397784
Publisher: Bayne Independent Publishing
Published: 2019-07-30T16:00:00+00:00

16

The search was going full bore when Dez drove into the old townsite. Locating Clark wasn’t going to be easy, not with even more carloads of searchers having shown up.

It seemed the search was to focus for now on the town itself. Exiting his SUV, Dez could see people beating the long grass, entering and exiting crumbling buildings and emerging from between trees.

He’d tried phoning Clark several times, but the calls had failed to connect. It was possible Clark was simply busy coordinating the search, but it was just as likely it had to do with the spotty phone reception around here. Both Emory and Sully had talked about issues with their phone connections; Dez’s own was fluctuating between one and two bars. It could be the problems were ghost-created rather than technology-based, but Dez didn’t want to focus for too long on that sort of explanation.

When another attempted call to Clark went unanswered, Dez settled for scanning the area once again, this time looking for someone who might be able to point him toward the officer in charge.

Unfortunately, what Dez got was Larson Hackman.

The two of them spotted each other as Hackman emerged from the old hardware store, his weary eyes bearing the bloodshot appearance of a man who’d spent more time crying than sleeping.

Anyone who didn’t know Hackman would sympathize with the worried father. Dez wasn’t one of those people.

When his attempts to un-ball his fists failed, he shoved his hands deep into his jeans pockets where they could do no damage. It would be far too tempting to close the thirty feet of distance separating them and bury his knuckles in the flesh and bone of whatever part of Hackman’s face was most accessible.

But no one else here would know the true story, the reason for Dez’s fury. All they would see was a large, raging man beating the crap out of the anxious father of a missing person. Dez might feel good for a moment, but any joy in triumph would end, leaving him with little more than a sore hand, an assault charge and a ghost town full of people hating him.

Hackman walked over.

“What are you doing here?”

“I came to help,” Dez said, grinding out his reply from between gritted teeth. “What’s more, I can help. I found Emory. He’s injured, but he’s alive.”

The anger and distrust in Hackman’s eyes faded, replaced by a widening of eyes and a sharp exhale of the deepest relief. “Jesus Christ. Jesus…. Where? Where is he?”

“My wife’s with him now. We’re going to need some help getting him out. His leg is broken, and he’s down a pretty deep hole. Where’s Clark?”

“Clark who?”

“Clark Davies, the cop in charge of the search. I’m going to need him to get some bodies and equipment together for a rescue.”

“Oh, right. Yeah, he’s around here somewhere. Can’t you call him? I want you to take me to my son.”

“I’m not going through this process twice. You can come along once I get the right people to join us.

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