Murder at Castle Rock by Anne Marie Stoddard

Author:Anne Marie Stoddard [Stoddard, Anne Marie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Gemma Halliday Publishing
Published: 2015-02-13T05:00:00+00:00

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Forty-five minutes later, Bobby was rocking the socks off of the crowd with one of his number one hits, "Loopy Lucy." Tony and I were dancing and carrying on like we'd known each other for years. "I heard he wrote this about Lucille Ball," I yelled over the loud music.

"Well, I heard he wrote it about an ex-girlfriend of his who did acid," Tony shouted back.

"Could be the same person." I grinned.

Not missing a beat, he replied, "She was always kinda loopy."

I giggled and glanced at my watch. Nine forty-five. Bobby was almost halfway through his set now. We had decided to wait until the show had been underway for a while before trying to make our exit. I nudged Tony and pointed to my watch. "Ready?"

"Ready."

Tony and I pushed our way through the crowd toward the side entrance into the employee hallway. We crept down the hall. I peeked through Kat's open door as we quietly edged past. I frowned. Her desk chair was empty. "Kat's not in her office," I whispered. "We're going to need to be quick about this, or she might see us when she comes back." I knew Kat wouldn't turn us in, but I didn't want to involve her in our little caper unless it was absolutely necessary. She had enough to worry about.

My nostrils flared as a sickly sweet odor reached my nose. It seemed to be wafting out of her open doorway. She really needs to dial it back on the air fresheners in there, I thought, crinkling my nose.

Tony pulled his pocketknife from his jeans and raised it. A sudden panic swelled in my chest. "We can't do this," I hissed, backing away from the door.

Tony frowned. "Why not?"

"I've just got a bad feeling about this. What if we get cau—"

My words were drowned out as a scream pierced the air. "What the hell?" Tony dropped his pocketknife. His eyes darted up and down the hallway in alarm as he stooped to retrieve it.

The shrieking continued. It sounded like it was coming from out back. "This way!" I sprinted down the hallway toward the back door, nearly slipping on a wet patch on the floor. Tony hooked an arm around me to keep me upright until I regained my footing. Together we burst through the back exit of Castle Rock, nearly slamming into Kat.

She was on her knees in the rain, huddled next to the venue's dumpster. Alarmed, I rushed to her side and tried to check her for any signs of injury. The cold rain pelted down on us as Kat continued to scream. She shook my arm away and pointed a trembling finger toward the dumpster. I stooped down beside her in the dark, trying to make out the shapes on the ground in front of us. Several garbage bags lay just in front of the bin, sagging as they became waterlogged from the downpour. I shoved them aside and gasped in horror as I stared down at Laura Holly's crumpled body.

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