The Body on the Roof by Kevin Creager

Author:Kevin Creager [Creager, Kevin]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781684332717
Publisher: Black Rose Writing
Published: 2019-05-22T22:00:00+00:00

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Pierson sat by himself, not thinking of anything in particular, but taking in the early night air, possibly for the last time in a while. It was dark by now, and there really wasn’t anything to see, maybe a figure farther down the street or moving across the green. The quiet was calming, and his breathing was starting to return to normal.

He heard a scream.

CHAPTER 16

Martin Addams jumped at the scream and ran to the outer door of the station. Outside, there were lights on the streets and from some of the businesses, but the green itself was dark. A few people on the sidewalks were moving tentatively in the direction of the park, but it took a few seconds for him to make out a figure running from the bandstand to what appeared to be someone lying on the ground behind it.

He sprinted in that direction. As he got closer, he saw it was Pierson kneeling next to the body, crying “No, no, no.” Addams pulled his radio off his belt and keyed in for medical emergencies.

“This is Officer Martin Addams from Summerfield Police. We need an emergency medical vehicle to the south side of the village green in front of the police station. There is a person down apparently injured, but I do not know the extent of the injuries.”

He received a response that a vehicle was on its way and he stepped closer to Pierson. Pierson was now sitting holding the head in his lap, and Addams could see it was Stephanie Reasoner. There was blood on the front of her uniform, and her eyes were only half open.

Pierson was slightly rocking. “It’s all my fault. It’s all my fault. Everything is my fault. Stay with me, Steph. It will be alright, just stay with me.”

Addams knelt next to them, then looked up to see others standing about ten feet away. He recognized Hank Peters from the hardware store.

“Mr. Peters, there’s an emergency squad on the way. Watch for it and bring it here.”

Peters hurried to the edge of the street, ready to wave the ambulance down.

Addams reached out a hand to Pierson. “Jeff, what happened? What’s going on?”

Pierson looked stunned. “I just told her what happened! It’s all my fault! Don’t you see?”

“Jeff, I don’t know what you’re talking about. What happened here?” He pointed to Reasoner’s wound. “Did you see anything?” He reached over to the front of her uniform, hesitated for just a second, then unzipped her jacket, unbuttoned the shirt, and pulled it open to see where the blood was coming from. There was blood flowing from a long slit just below her chest. He pulled out a handkerchief from his back pocket and pressed it to the wound.

Reasoner’s eyes slid over to him, and she whispered something. He leaned in closer and she said it again, slightly louder but with great effort, “Why did

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