Liar Liar_Detective Harriet Blue Series by James Patterson & Candice Fox

Author:James Patterson & Candice Fox [Patterson, James & Fox, Candice]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Random House
Published: 2018-07-25T18:30:00+00:00

Chapter 59

I SHOWERED, THE hot water running down my muddy arms, over the grazes and cuts on my knuckles, dirt swirling on the tiles beneath my bare feet. I was given a towel and clothes, and dressed in a cluttered bedroom while the girl, Janna, argued with her mother about having to provide me with her best pair of jeans. The black top, grabbed hastily from a shelf by Melina, read ‘Gucci’ in white block letters. I waited on the couch for instructions, staring at the clock as it struck midnight, my mind too torn by what I had done to provide any guidance.

I’d almost killed a child.

How far was I going to take this?

My phone on the coffee table before me buzzed with a call from an unidentified number. Regan. I didn’t answer. I wouldn’t let him into this house, even if it was only by phone. While the girl and her mother argued, Melina searching the kitchen cupboards for food to stock my backpack with, the tall young boy wandered the house awkwardly, trying to get a proper glimpse of me, not brave enough to offer conversation.

I fell asleep. The sensation was like being punched out, a sudden warm darkness, sounds slowly receding.

I was lying on the couch. The windows were lit pink when I dared to open my eyes. The teens were on the second couch, curled together, eyes glued to a huge television set, fingers dancing over black plastic gaming controllers, bowls of cereal uneaten before them. I tried to make myself get up, but the fatigue was too heavy.

Janna’s voice drew me out of sleep again. ‘Don’t touch it.’

‘I could just hold it for a second,’ the boy said. ‘You snap a picture. Two seconds. She’ll never know. It’ll go viral on Insty. Can you imagine?’

‘My mum will kill you.’

‘Two seconds! I’ve never held a gun before. It’s probably not even loaded.’

‘It is loaded,’ I said, sitting up. The teens paused the game and looked at me. I took my gun from the coffee table where it had been lying in plain sight, probably placed there by Melina so that the kids couldn’t sneak off with it without her knowing. I ejected the clip and the chamber bullet, let the slide shunt forward and slammed the clip back in. The boy’s eyes were wild with intrigue. I’d given him a show, at least. The kids lifted their eyes from the gun to me, two attentive kittens, bewitched.

‘Are you really gonna kill that guy when you find him?’ Janna asked.

‘That’s the plan,’ I said.

‘Won’t that make you, like, a murderer?’ she asked. She glanced at the boy for courage. ‘Won’t it sort of … bring you down to his level?’

Melina appeared behind my couch, giving the young ones a warning look as she put a hand on my shoulder. The kids went reluctantly back to their game as I took up my gun and phone. I wanted to give the kid an answer, but I didn’t have one.

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