Sam: A Novel of Suspense by Iain Rob Wright

Author:Iain Rob Wright
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
ISBN: 1478272961
Publisher: SalGad Publishing Group
Published: 2012-09-16T04:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER TWENTY-SIX

Angela hurried after Tim, struggling to keep up with his rocket-like pace. He’d not told her what had happened, just said to follow him and follow him fast. They headed up one flight of stairs and were now on the second floor. Tim took a door on the right about midway down the corridor. It was already partially open and Mike was in there waiting for them.

Angela was almost sick when she saw what was inside.

The room was some kind of spa room. A sauna cubicle sat back against the far wall and there was a small steam room beside that. At the adjacent wall was a partitioned changing area and in the centre of the room was a hot tub. Hanging out of the hot tub, upside down, was Graham.

Graham’s head and shoulders lay crumpled against the carpet while his legs were still inside the bubbling tub, with his knees hooking over the lip. His arms were outstretched from his sides at strict right-angles. From where Angela was standing, Graham’s body looked as though it had been positioned into a cross.

Or, more correctly, an inverted cross. The calling card of the Devil and his minions.

Angela repeated a prayer quickly in her head. It made the scene in front of her a little more bearable.

Saint Michael the Archangel,

defend us in battle;

be our protection against the wickedness and snares of the devil.

May God rebuke him, we humbly pray:

and do thou, O Prince of the heavenly host,

by the power of God,

thrust into hell Satan and all the evil spirits

who prowl about the world seeking the ruin of souls.

Amen.

Angela’s eyes began to pick up more details, but she had to turn away and leave the room. The sight and smell of fresh blood was just too much for her to handle – it brought back too many nightmares. Graham’s naked body was plastered with gore, but Angela had not looked long enough to figure out where it had come from.

Mike had followed her outside, which was surprising as she would have expected Tim to be the one to check on her. “You okay?” he asked her.

Angela walked a few steps further down the corridor, wanting to put more space between her and the room. Finally she slumped against the wall and rubbed at her eyes; suddenly they felt like lead ball bearings in her skull. “I-I…” She cleared her throat, took a second. “I’ll be fine. I just don’t like the sight of fresh blood.”

Mike clamped a hand on her shoulder and gave it a friendly squeeze. “I don’t think anybody does.”

“What the hell happened to him, Mike? I swear this whole house is fucked up.”

Mike shook his head and looked down at his shoes. When he looked back up again he was chewing at his bottom lip. “Damned if I know what happened to him. From what I can tell, he bled to death from a gash in his genitals, just beneath his scrotum. There’s a broken whisky glass in the hot tub and a near-empty bottle on the floor.

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