Ruckman Road: An Alex Penfield Novel by Robert W. Stephens

Author:Robert W. Stephens [Stephens, Robert W.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Eleven 22 Entertainment LLC
Published: 2017-09-04T22:00:00+00:00

Chapter 13

The Basement

They left Hannah in the house and walked back to their cars. Penfield expected Torres to tell him it was time to move on. The Joseph Talbot death was probably a suicide, at least that’s the theory Torres had. Talbot was clearly a disturbed individual. Placing video cameras throughout a mostly empty house was enough to convince her of that. Granted, the open windows gave Penfield pause. However, the person had taken nothing, and they’d not harmed or threatened Hannah when they could easily done so. Maybe Torres was right: maybe Hannah had done it herself.

Torres didn’t bring up those things, though. She seemed agitated, angry even, at least that’s how Penfield interpreted the scowl on her face. He thought about asking her what was wrong but decided against it. They agreed on a time to meet later, and Torres got into her car and drove off. Penfield watched her leave. Then he turned back to the Talbot house. The sunlight reflected off its white wooden boards and almost made the house seem to glow.

He clicked his remote to unlock the car and felt his side burn as he pulled the door open. Penfield placed his hand on the roof of the car to steady himself. He cursed the pain. He’d gone an entire day without anything, and now it was back for no apparent reason. All he’d done is open the door. A second wave of pain raced through his body. He’d never been shot before, and he had no way of knowing if this was a normal reaction to his body slowly healing itself. Maybe something was wrong, though. Maybe he should have been way better by now. The pain eventually subsided, and he climbed into his car. He started the engine and looked back to the house again. Hannah still wasn’t outside. He couldn’t begin to imagine what she was going through. Penfield backed out of the parking space and pulled away. As he drove out of the fort, he wondered what the hell he and Torres were going to do.

Hannah stood by one of the windows in the den and watched the two detectives leave the parking lot. She stayed in the house a few more minutes. She knew she’d made a big mistake by not coming clean about Sarah, but she really had no choice.

Hannah left the house and walked to the parking lot. She drove back to the Hampton Arms hotel, parked her car in the parking garage, and walked to the marina instead of entering the hotel. She sat down on a bench and watched the people go by. There wasn’t a large crowd by any means. The cold weather made sure of that. She knew the detectives didn’t believe her. They practically came out and accused her of faking the video file and lying about the child’s laughter and the footsteps. She had to prove them wrong. There was something going on in that house. Her brother had seen or heard the things, too.

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