Necessary Detour by Hornsby Kim

Author:Hornsby, Kim [Hornsby, Kim]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Contemporary, suspense
Published: 2015-08-25T07:00:00+00:00

Chapter 15

Nikki gagged and clutched her belly.

Oh, God. She had to get out of the house, run home, and phone Harold. Her heart pounded in her chest. Someone official would have to open that curtain.

Could Pete be Shakespeare? Oh God.

She backed up slowly, like she was in a slow motion dream.

There was no trail of blood outside the bathroom door. Nikki spun around, noting the fastest way out of the house and turned to make a run for it. But just then, a small scraping noise came from the second bedroom.

Her mind raced with possibilities. If Connie and Tony were in there still alive, hiding, she needed to open that door. Forcing herself to grab the knob, she turned it slowly and pushed.

The curtains were drawn, the room dark. Bracing herself, Nikki flipped on the overhead light. This was the larger bedroom with a king-sized bed and two night tables on either side.

At first glance, it looked normal. No blood. No half-dead body scraping its way across the floor. But, something inside the room had made a noise. Nikki held her breath and went to the closet, ready for the worst. Slowly, she slid back the paneled doors. The closet was empty except for two pillows on the top shelf and a small open suitcase on the floor. There were no bodies or body parts lying in blood pools on the linoleum floor.

The scratching noise sounded again and she spun around to see a hamster in a cage on the dresser. She heaved a sigh of relief.

Elsewhere, Tony’s books were piled on the closest nightstand and a romance novel sat on the far table. It looked like Connie and Tony shared this room. Moisturizer cream was open on the dresser beside the hamster cage and Tony’s Spiderman slippers under the bed’s edge. The unmade bed revealed two very distinct bodies, one short and one shorter. Connie didn’t sleep with Pete.

Then she remembered the blood. Someone was critically injured. Or dead.

There was nothing but dust under the bed and, satisfied for now, Nikki exited the bedroom and quickly headed for the kitchen door. The sound of a car made her jump. Through the window she saw the blue truck coming down the road to the house. When it stopped and slid in to its parking spot beside the deck, Pete opened the driver door. She panicked. He was back from whatever he just did. The possibility that Pete killed Connie and Tony and had just disposed of the bodies was her first thought. She wasn’t sure he wouldn’t try to kill her too. She had to get out of there.

Oh God. Oh God.

Adrenaline kicked in and she bolted for the back of the house. A car door slammed outside as she slipped out the back door, silently.

With her heart hammering in her chest, she considered the possibilities if Pete saw her. He’d probably run faster than a pregnant woman. She had to have a smart plan if she wanted to escape this man.

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