House of V by Raen Smith

Author:Raen Smith [Smith, Raen]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: Literature & Fiction, Mystery; Thriller & Suspense, Mystery, Anthologies, Thrillers, Crime, Collections & Anthologies
ISBN: 1493584375
Amazon: B00GFYFMZS
Goodreads: 18716837
Publisher: Raen Smith
Published: 2013-11-02T18:30:00+00:00

13

June 19, 4:45 p.m.

Appleton, Wisconsin

“How’d it go?” Sanchez asked as I climbed in the passenger seat of his squad car. I slammed the door shut and listened to the silence between us.

“That good, huh?” he added.

I shrugged my shoulders before I pulled the seatbelt across my body with a forceful click.

“I’m ready,” I said, waiting for Sanchez to start the car, but he didn’t turn the keys. Instead, he looked at me, and I waited for his onslaught of lecturing. I could feel it coming.

“Evie, I know you did what you had to do. I also know that, because of Holston, you’ve had a pretty messed up life. I think your parents know that and will do anything to make things better. They’ve wanted nothing else except their daughter back for the last year. They’ve begged me to go out and find you for months, but you sure the hell didn’t leave me with much to go on,” he said with a long pause. “I hope you got whatever you needed to out of your system and that you can move on with them. You’ve got a stash of free passes from the devil you had to call your father for most of your life, but one day, they’ll run out. All that will be left is you and you better hope like hell that you have yourself figured out when the time comes,” Sanchez finished and then turned the key, the engine roaring to life.

“And I want nothing else than to catch this son of a bitch that has Sister Josephine. I am willing to do whatever it takes to do that, but I won’t put you at risk to do it unless we know without a doubt, that you won’t be hurt. You follow my rules, and I promise you that this will end as it should. I can’t let anyone else die. Not on my watch,” he continued.

“Your ass would be fired in a heartbeat.”

“You bet it would,” he said as he backed out of the driveway and onto the road to find Sister Josephine’s captor.

***

Appleton was just as I had left it except now it had more locked doors. I’m guessing Appleton lost its gleaming ribbon as one of the best small towns to raise your kids. It was a shame, really, that my so-called father had to be a reason for that. Appleton, otherwise, was a relatively “good” place as long as you weren’t me.

My childhood had been stained unlike the rest of the kids here. An absent father who would bring me random presents a few times a year was a far cry from most of the middle class families that resided in Appleton. The presents Holston brought me consisted of a small chocolate or used stuffed animal when I was young. I received those presents maybe twice a year. One time, he had given me a gold chain only to take it back the following day. I hadn’t questioned how he had afforded the chain back then; I could only cry silent tears that he had taken it away.

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