Stalking by Blake Pierce

Author:Blake Pierce [Pierce, Blake]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Blake Pierce
Published: 2019-12-20T16:00:00+00:00

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Jake was seething as he and Riley walked out to their parked car. He could hardly believe how Riley had blindsided him just now.

Riley said to him, “Agent Crivaro, I’m sorry I brought it up that way, but I really do think—”

“No, you didn’t think,” Jake interrupted her. “That’s the problem.”

After they climbed into the car, Jake noticed that it was already getting dark outside. He looked at his watch and said in a tense voice, “It’s getting late. We’d better get something to eat. There’s a diner right next to our motel.”

As he drove to the motel, Jake maintained a grim silence. He was relieved that Riley just sat there without saying another word. There was a lot to say, of course, but Jake didn’t want to get started until he felt sure he could keep his temper under control. After he parked the car, he got out and went into the diner without more than a glance at his young partner. She followed him and they sat down and ordered their sandwiches.

As they waited for their meals, Jake leaned across the table and spoke to Riley in a voice that shook with anger.

“Don’t you ever contradict me again in the presence of local law enforcement. For that matter, don’t ever contradict me in front of anybody. I’m your senior partner. Show me some respect.”

Her face flushed red with emotion, Riley fingered the rim of her water glass.

“I didn’t mean any disrespect—sir,” she said.

“Well, it sure as hell sounded like you did,” Jake said. “And now Sheriff Quayle knows we’re at odds. What do you think that’s going to do to his confidence in us? He doesn’t think much of us Feds as it is.”

“I apologize,” Riley said in a tense voice.

Jake didn’t reply.

She doesn’t sound like she means it, Jake thought.

There was a lot more to be said, but he hardly knew where to begin. He and Riley sat staring at the table until their sandwiches came.

Then Riley spoke up, “I still think we should talk about what I started saying back there.”

“I don’t want to hear it,” Jake said, taking a bite of his sandwich.

Riley’s eyes flashed with anger.

“Well, I’m going to tell you, anyway,” she said.

Jake’s eyes widened with surprise at the sudden sharpness in Riley’s voice.

She said, “I think you’re wrong about Sister Sandra. I’m pretty sure she’s going to be our killer’s next victim, if she isn’t already. And that’s because there is a link between her and Natalie and Kimberly. They were all religious. Sandra’s preparing to be a nun, and the other girls were serious churchgoers.”

“And what does that have to do with anything?” Jake asked.

“It means the killer has some kind of issue with religion,” Riley said.

Jake scoffed.

“Come on, Riley. There’s a reason they call these parts the Bible belt. Practically everybody around here is religious and goes to church. If our killer is really that obsessed with religion, why doesn’t he set off a bomb in one of these towns?

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