Rebus 14 by Ian Rankin

Author:Ian Rankin
Language: en-us
Format: mobi, epub
Published: 2011-04-11T23:30:21+00:00

Myss Teri visit my 100% non-pornographic (sorry, guys!) home page!

“Why “Myss”?” Rebus asked.

“Could be all the other spellings were already taken. My e-mail’s '66Siobhan'.”

“Because sixty-five Siobhans got there ahead of you?”

She nodded. “And I thought I had an uncommon name.” Siobhan had clicked on the link. Teri Cotter’s home page started to load. There was a photo of her in full Goth mode, palms held either side of her face.

“She’s drawn pentagrams on her hands,” Siobhan noted. Rebus was looking: five-pointed stars, enclosed by circles. There were no other photos, just some text outlining Teri’s interests, which school she attended, and an invitation to ‘come worship me, Cockburn Street most Saturday afternoons . . . ” There was an option of sending her an e-mail, adding comments to her guest book, or clicking on various links, most of which would send the visitor to other Goth sites, but one of which was marked “Dark Entry’.

“That’ll be the webcam,” Siobhan said. She tried the link, just to be sure. The screen changed back to the same red words: WELCOME TO MY DARKNESS! Another click and they were in Teri Cotter’s bedroom again. She’d changed position so that she had her head against the bed board knees tucked in front of her. She was writing something in a loose-leaf binder.

“Looks like homework,” Siobhan said.

“Could be her potions book,” Rebus suggested. “Anyone accessing her home page would know her age, which school she goes to, and what she looks like.”

Siobhan was nodding. “And where to find her on a Saturday afternoon.”

“A dangerous pastime,” Rebus muttered. He was thinking of her potential as prey to any of the hunters out there.

“Maybe that’s why she likes it.”

Rebus rubbed his eyes again. He was remembering his first meeting with her. The way she’d said she was jealous of Derek and Anthony . . . and her parting remark: You can see me whenever you like . . . He knew now what those words had been hinting at.

“Seen enough?” Siobhan asked, tapping the screen.

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