Rough Edges by Chambers V. J

Author:Chambers, V. J.
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: psychological, dark, small towns, serial killers, mountains, disturbing
Publisher: V. J. Chambers

CHAPTER THIRTEEN

Lola glared at him through the crack in the door. “I don’t want to see you, Sam. I want you to stay away from me.”

Funny, basically every woman in his life was saying that to him these days. Petra was the only one speaking to him, and she didn’t count because she was sort of technically his employee.

“I just want to talk,” he said.

“There’s nothing to talk about. You sold my location to those reporters. They filmed me here. Now Nick knows where I am. Any day now, he’s going to show up here and beat me to death.”

“Actually, when I was talking to him, he said he wanted to strangle you.”

Her face turned a shade paler.

Man, that really wasn’t a funny joke, was it? “I’m sorry.” He remembered how frightened he’d been of Todd the other night, certain that the man was lurking somewhere in his house. Lola was probably terrified. “The police have to know that Todd would be likely to try and find you. I’m sure they’ve got people watching your house. You’re safe.”

“I’m not safe,” she said. “I’m not, and it’s your fault.”

“Lola, I didn’t tip off those reporters.”

“So, who did?”

“I don’t know. Maybe they hunted you down in the old-fashioned way. They are investigative journalists after all. Maybe they investigated.”

She shook her head. “I don’t believe you.”

“Let me in, huh?”

“No.”

Fine. He reached inside his pocket and flipped on his recorder. If she wasn’t going to cooperate, maybe he could at least get her flustered enough to give him a few good quotes.

“How do I know you didn’t tip them off yourself?” he asked.

“What? Why would I do that?”

“Oh, I don’t know. You seemed really interested in making it look like you and I were having some kind of fling,” he said.

“I didn’t do anything like that.”

“You yelled for me to get out of your life. Who says that about anything besides a relationship?”

“Look, I’m not the one who turned down sex, Sam. I said I’d be up for it. You said no.”

“So, you’re punishing me for that? You wanted me to sleep with you, and you decided to make me look back in order to get back at me?”

“You made your damned self look bad,” she said. “And I don’t care if you fuck me or not.”

“You have any memory of being with Jamie and Lucas Henderson in Berkeley Springs?” he said.

She turned even paler. “Why would you bring that up?”

“Did Lucas Henderson molest you?”

She slammed the door in his face.

He let his shoulders fall loose. Well, so much for that.

* * *

Since he was already in Hagerstown, he decided to make one more stop before heading home.

Maybe it was Jamie Henderson’s going on about God and religion that made him do it, he wasn’t sure. He sure as heck usually didn’t stop by this particular house. He barely ever came here. Maybe once or twice a year. But he found himself wanting to stop by.

So he parked in front of the trim little house and walked up the stone walkway.

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