Simon Says... Run by Dale Mayer

Author:Dale Mayer
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Fiction, Mystery, Thriller
ISBN: 9781773365688
Publisher: Valley Publishing Ltd.
Published: 2022-06-29T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 10

Kate stared at the trees surrounding her; she was back here yet again because she couldn’t get it out of her head. She’d already walked several of the other pathways, looking to see other angles, other ways of catching sight of who was running. And unfortunately she had found way too many. With the hillsides adjacent to the trees, now that Simon had pointed that out, there were just way too many areas to cover. She slowly walked back toward the area where her car was parked. Her phone rang, and she looked down to see it was Rodney. “What’s up?” she asked, when she got to her car.

“Where are you?”

“I’m back at the damn scene,” she replied. “Just way too damn many areas for somebody to have watched for whoever was coming. I’ve been trying to determine whether these two sets of victims were targeted or random.”

“The coroner just called about the second couple.”

“Good, I’ll call him back.”

“No need. I just talked to him, and he told me absolutely nothing is there, outside of two very healthy individuals, cut down in the prime of their lives.”

“Which really sucks.” She let out a slow breath. “They were out here, fit and healthy, exercising and looking after themselves, enjoying life, and some asshole had to stop it.” Running her hand through her hair in frustration, she added, “Oh, I was thinking about running a search, looking for anybody else who may have died out in this area, beyond that last two years.”

“You mean, on the trails?”

“Yeah, I was wondering about that,” she shared. “I did run a search on any criminal history for any of the four victims, and, so far, nothing major showed up. The one woman was in a car accident quite a few years ago, but there didn’t appear to be any charges or any major injuries to it.”

“Yeah, I did the same thing,” Rodney confirmed. “Nothing popped in my case either. I haven’t looked for any deaths on the pathway though. Do you want me to follow up on that?”

“Sure, I just don’t know where to go from here.” The frustration was evident in her voice. “Sorry, I don’t mean to be taking it out on you.”

“No problem. The death notices have been done, regarding the two latest victims,” he stated. “And, of course, it’s the same deal. Everybody is in shock. The couple had no enemies, and nobody knows why anybody would do this to them.”

“You know what I keep coming back to?” she began. “And I know it’s a horrible thought, but I keep coming back to this second case being some cover-up.”

There was silence on the other end. “You actually think somebody killed these two in order to make the first two look random?” he asked slowly.

“I don’t know,” she admitted. “It’s a big deal because it means the killer is taking a lot more chances to do this again, without being seen or leaving evidence.”

“Not only taking a lot more chances of getting caught but also showing a complete disregard for life.

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