Sweet Dreams by William W. Johnstone

Author:William W. Johnstone [Johnstone, William W.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Kensington
Published: 2015-02-26T05:00:00+00:00

Jerry was appalled by the attitude of the police. At first he thought they found the situation amusing, but after only a few moments in the death house, he decided that was not the case at all. He realized the men were not in complete control of their actions or their minds. He was certain of that.

They had to be under the control of that . . . thing.

The sheriff of the county, Pat Lennox, made his appearance. He took a look around, grunted once, and spoke with his chief deputy. He then turned to Jerry.

Dead eyes, Jerry thought. The man’s eyes show absolutely no feeling or emotion. He shifted his gaze to the chief deputy. The man had the same blank expression. He looked at the other cops. All the same. They are being used and they will remember none of this, Jerry thought. They don’t know what they’re doing. They are functioning, but without really realizing what they are doing. He watched as the men all rubbed the backs of their necks. He remembered Matt and Van doing the same thing. There it is. Whatever is controlling them is doing so by tying in, somehow, to the central nervous system, and always at the back of the neck, the top of the spine.

Why them? he asked himself. Why them and not our little group? Why were we spared? What common denominator do we share? Damn it – why!

But no voice thundered from the heavens in reply to his question.

“All right, Doctor,” Sheriff Lennox said. “Let’s get it over with. I haven’t had my breakfast yet. What do you think was the cause of death?”

Jerry looked at the man to see if he was kidding. Sally’s head was caved in. Blood was gathered in a large puddle around her. A tire iron, with dried blood and bits of hair clinging to it, lay only a few yards from her body. Sally’s breasts were bruised, and it was obvious that she had been brutally raped.

Jerry decided to test the waters. “Well, Sheriff. I’d say she died peacefully in her sleep. Probably from a heart attack.”

“Ummm,” the sheriff said. “Yeah, that’s the way I see it too. Very well. Put that in your report, Ed,” he said to a deputy.

“Right, sir.”

Jerry felt waves of cold fear wash over him. He looked at the chief of police. “You concur with that, Chief?”

“Sure,” the man said. “Don’t nothing look out of the ordinary to me.”

Jerry looked at the other cops. “Are you all in agreement with that? She died peacefully; probably a heart attack?”

The other cops were in agreement.

Jerry felt for a spinning, whirlwind moment, that he might be standing on the edge of losing his mind. Silently, desperately, he fought for control. His emotional stability regained, Jerry pointed to the body of the dead woman. “Sheriff Lennox, how would you describe the dead woman’s present physical appearance?”

Lennox looked down. He pursed his lips. “Well, looks all right to me. Kinda pale, is all.

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