Next Day Gone by J C Wing

Author:J C Wing [Wing, J C]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Black Cat Press
Published: 2019-12-16T22:00:00+00:00

THE SLEEPING BEAUTY STRANGLER

Willow couldn’t imagine her stomach getting any bigger. She was grateful that her work uniform was a t-shirt and leggings, and fortunately for her, the maternity department at Dillard’s carried the latter in her size.

She’d been working the ten to six shift since school got out, and since she’d been moved to the office, she’d had less contact with the patrons of the gym. She was a good employee, and she and her boss, Katie, had become friends in the months she’d worked there. Katie hadn’t mentioned the fact that it was probably better to have Willow and her growing belly back in the office, especially since many of the customers had voiced their surprise—and oftentimes displeasure— at seeing a pregnant teenager at the front desk. Willow was fine with that. She’d found that the edges around her temper had become a bit sharper the closer she got to her due date. Carrying a baby was no easy task, especially in the last weeks of a pregnancy at the end of July, and she was just fine being tucked away where both she and the gym goers were safe.

The day had been a long one, and she still had almost three hours to go. Willow’s back was aching, and she was exhausted. She stood up from her desk chair and pressed her fingertips into the skin on either side of her spine.

She’d had the small television playing in the office, the volume on low. When the emergency banner began scrolling across the screen, it caught Willow’s eye.

BREAKING NEWS … A third body has been found at the Basilica of Saint Lawrence …

Willow watched the words as they moved, and she felt a throb start in the base of her skull. She grabbed the remote and turned the volume up just as the screen flicked and the wholesome antics of The Brady Bunch were exchanged for breaking local news.

“We interrupt your regularly scheduled programming to bring you this developing story,” the anchorman announced. “At approximately two o’clock this afternoon, a gardening crew uncovered the body of a young woman hidden in the shrubbery in front of the Basilica of Saint Lawrence on Haywood Street in downtown Asheville. Police say that the woman was not carrying identification. She is approximately five feet four inches tall with blonde hair and brown eyes. Sheriff Max Cabot, who is unavailable at this time, gave our own Leigh Hughes a brief statement just moments ago. Leigh, are you there?”

A bright blue sky was the backdrop for the twin chapels that rose up to meet it. The reporter looked to be across the street from the building, and Willow could see the yellow crime scene tape behind her.

“Hello, Mary and Brad. About fifteen minutes ago, Sheriff Max Cabot released this statement. It reads, ‘The Asheville Police Department, in conjunction with the Federal Bureau of Investigation, believes that the deaths of Jocelyn Porter, Diana Drake and Jane Doe, who was found on the grounds of

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