Idle Claws by D. M. Gilmore

Author:D. M. Gilmore [Gilmore, D. M.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2020-10-18T23:00:00+00:00

Chapter 13

Becca, Lucy, and Brandon observed the gathered cops from a distance. They were marching in formation, wearing heavy riot suppressing gear. The heavy weapons they carried looked like something right out of a war movie. Lucy was signing swear words over and over again, and Becca had a tight grip on her knee.

The three of them were in Brandon’s truck. Brandon was drumming on the steering wheel, staring curiously at the cops as they began loading themselves into riot vans at the base of the foothills. Others were blocking off the road that led up the mountain, to Lewis’s cave, with large, concrete barriers. There was an all too familiar woman in a bright blue suit overseeing the activity, barking orders, and pointing at a few men.

“It’s her,” Becca said, nudging Lucy to point Martha out among the cops. “The one who was investigating Lewis.”

Lucy winced. I know, she signed.

Becca’s fists tightened again, and she threw the door to the truck open. Before either Brandon or Lucy could stop her, she’d leaped out and marched up to the gathering cops. A few of the armored police officers turned to look at her. Some of them stopped what they were doing to clutch their weapons tight. Becca tried to ignore them, as she marched up to Martha and looked her in the eye.

“What are you doing?” Becca asked, crossing her arms. “We go up there all the time, we can’t use the road if you block it off.”

Martha looked Becca up and down. The younger girl was wearing shredded black jeans today, and a mesh top that looked like woven spiderwebs over a black tank top. She hadn’t bothered to apply makeup, this early on a Saturday morning. The detective frowned as she realized Becca was wearing heavy platform shoes, and it was because of them that the younger girl was currently looming over her.

“What business do you have up the mountain?” Martha asked, cocking an eyebrow.

“We have picnics up there regularly,” Becca lied, hooking a thumb at the truck. Brandon was still clutching the wheel in a death grip, and Lucy was still signing swear words at a rapid pace. “It’s a nice place to hang out, and we like this trail.”

“Well, there are other trails and other places to have picnics,” Martha said with a shrug. “This area is currently off-limits to civilians.”

“Why?” Becca asked, narrowing her eyes. Had Martha found out about Lewis?

Martha paused for a moment and met Becca’s gaze again. “I know you from somewhere, don’t I?”

Becca didn’t respond.

Martha blinked slowly and reached for a notepad in her back pocket. She flipped through it a few times before coming up on a page covered in shorthand scribbles. “Rebecca Moran and Lucy Mason. You two are Lewis Cooper’s pals,” she said, looking up at the truck. She flipped to a different page in her notebook. “And that looks like Brandon Hansen, in the truck. Another one of Lewis Cooper’s friends.”

Martha snapped her notebook shut and looked around the grassy field.

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