Smolder by Fox Graylin

Author:Fox, Graylin [Fox, Graylin]
Language: eng
Format: azw3, epub, mobi
Publisher: Graylin Rane
Published: 2015-10-20T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twelve

I got up on Saturday morning to find Josh already gone. I changed into my bikini. The cooler was in the garage, so I pulled it inside and filled it. If I was going to be lazy, that would include not getting up for food or drinks. There was a small hot tub next to the pool, and I put it on high while I swam some laps and did water aerobics. I hated working out, but if I could fool my mind into pretending it was swimming, or self-defense practice, it helped.

Steam came off the hot tub by the time I got in it. I turned on the jets and let myself fade away. Two hours later, I woke up relaxed and shriveled. The steam fogged up the glass pool enclosure around the hot tub. I turned the heat down, and when I looked at the glass, I started to shake in fear. Words were scrawled into the steam.

“Don't testify against Travis or else.”

And the capital 'E' written underneath it matched the carving on the inmate from the hospital.

As I got out of the tub and went to my phone, I realized the writer had to be on the inside of the pool area to write that. My fingers shook as I dialed Owen's phone number. He didn't answer, so I hung up and decided to call the lady cop's number. Her card was stuck to the refrigerator but I found myself afraid to walk inside my house. What if the person who wrote this waited behind the door?

I dialed 911. “This is Dr. Ellie Quinn. Someone broke into my home and left a threatening message in the steam over the hot tub while I was in it.”

The officer on the other end calmed and reassured me. She asked if I had a smart phone, and then asked me to take a picture of the message before the window cleared up. It took me three times to get a picture that was clear. She stayed on the phone with me until the police arrived. I let her know the person may still be in the house, and she passed that information to whoever was on the way.

The lady cop, Officer West, arrived first. She stepped out from the kitchen, through the sliding doors I had left open.

“How did you get in?” I asked her.

“The front door was open. We saw someone run down the street as we turned the corner. It appears they left in a hurry,” she said matter of factly.

“So when I woke up?” I asked.

“He or she was still here with you, and likely moved quietly to the front door to leave. It's okay, Dr. Quinn. If Travis wanted you dead, you would be,” she assured me.

That doesn't really help me. But thanks...

“So he just wants to play with me. I hate this,” I said.

I wrapped my towel around me. The entire investigation took an hour. The police turned the hot tub back on so they could see the writing clearly.

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