The Biker (Nightmare Hall) by Diane Hoh

Author:Diane Hoh [Hoh, Diane]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781480421783
Publisher: Open Road Media
Published: 2013-08-13T07:00:00+00:00

Chapter 12

ON MONDAY MORNING, ECHO had to fight the urge to call the police and direct them to the cave. Without something to tie Pruitt to the bike, some tiny piece of evidence that he had staked out that cave for his own use, the phone call would be a waste of time.

So she fought against the sense of urgency that was tying her stomach in knots, brought on by fear that at any second, the biker would strike again. If one more person died or was maimed when she already knew who the guilty party was, she wouldn’t be able to live with her guilt.

She turned on the radio, half-expecting to hear another horror story about an attack during the night. She had seen with her own eyes Pruitt taking the bike from the cave in an enraged state. What mayhem had he wreaked this time?

But there was nothing, except an announcement that classes had been cancelled out of respect for Polk Malone and Nancy Becker.

A rap song with a great beat in the background took over the air waves and Echo heaved a huge sigh of relief. The Mad Biker hadn’t struck again. Maybe knowing that someone had found his cave and was aware of his hiding place was worrying him, forcing him to play it safe for a little while. That would be good. It would give her a little breathing room, maybe even enough time to link him to the notebook and the cave and the bike so she could go to the police.

There might be a way. The infirmary had in its files medical histories of every student on campus. Providing a medical history was required of all incoming freshmen. Upon admission last August, Echo had had to list every member of her immediate family, living or deceased, and mention whether or not they had any physical condition worth noting, or cause of death. Since “abandonment of child” wasn’t among the ailments listed, she had answered most of the questions in the negative, except for her grandfather’s diabetes and her grandmother’s heart condition.

She thought of those forms now. Pruitt must have filled one out, too. If the “Ross” mentioned in the notebook had been a close relative, and he must have been or his parents wouldn’t have been so devastated, Pruitt would have had to list him, adding that he was deceased and giving the cause of death. If she could locate Pruitt’s medical file, find the name “Ross” listed there, she could make a copy of it, using it to connect Pruitt to the notebook, and, therefore, to the bike in the cave.

Dressing quickly in jeans and an oversized Salem U sweatshirt and sneakers, Echo hurried off to the infirmary. If anyone asked, she could simply say that since there were no classes that day, she’d decided to earn a few extra bucks. No one would question that. If it wasn’t busy, she’d have all the time in the world to look for Pruitt’s file.

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