Murder 42 - A Thriller (Sarah King Mysteries Book 2) by Methos Victor

Author:Methos, Victor [Methos, Victor]
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Published: 2015-03-23T04:00:00+00:00

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Sarah sat in the car and watched California Bill’s home as they parked out front. As a kid, she’d dreamed about moving to Hollywood and living in a mansion like this. Hollywood was about as far from Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, as Mars, it seemed, and she would’ve done anything to get out and get here. Now that she was here, she wondered if dreams ever lived up to reality.

Gio got out first. She followed him up to the porch as he pounded on the door. Surprisingly, California Bill wasn’t asleep. He answered the door, reeking of pot, his eyes rimmed red as he stared blankly at the two of them.

“Had some more questions,” Gio said, pushing his way in.

Sarah stepped inside as well. The two men stood near the doorway, and she quickly crossed the living room. She wanted somewhere quiet and alone, to see if anything would happen. A cold shiver went up her back. On the far end of the living room on the couch, the same woman as before sat staring at the walls. Sarah smiled at her, but the woman didn’t respond. It was then Sarah noticed the pale skin and the black circles around her eyes.

She sat down next to the woman. She was nude.

“My name is Sarah,” she said softly.

“I don’t know where I am.”

Sarah reached out to touch her, her hand hovering a moment over the woman’s flesh. Sarah’s fingers went through her as she pressed down and touched the couch. A cold tingle went up her spine, like an icy finger.

“What do you remember?” Sarah asked.

“I don’t know where I am.”

“Look at me.”

The woman turned. Her eyes glowed, gray light now dominating whatever color had been there previously. “The bathtub,” she said softly.

Sarah rose, her eyes lingering on the woman briefly. She had tracks up her forearms. Off a hallway on the right was the bathroom. Sarah glanced in but didn’t see anything out of place. She looked back and saw Gio and Bill arguing, so she hurriedly took the stairs to the second floor and searched for another bathroom. She found a large whirlpool tub in the master bedroom. Inside, the woman lay on her back, suds drifting around her in dirty water. Her bowels had let loose, and the overwhelming scent of urine and feces filled the bathroom.

Sarah’s head began to throb as she saw California Bill and his brother arguing. They finally decided on something, lifted the girl out of the tub, and wrapped her in a rug from the bedroom. Sarah walked to the window and could see them outside, shoving the rug into the trunk of one of their cars. The two of them got into the car and drove away.

When Sarah turned back to the tub, it was empty. She caught a glimpse of herself in the bathroom mirror and saw droplets of dark black blood dribbling out of her nose. Sitting on the toilet, she pinched her nose and leaned her head back until the bleeding stopped, and the thumping in her head began to slow.

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