The Complete Hidden Evil Trilogy: 3 Novels and 4 Shorts of Frightening Horror (PLUS Book I of the Portal Arcane Trilogy) by Thorn J

Author:Thorn, J. [Thorn, J.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2013-11-27T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter 8

Officer Jones thought the leather seat had turned to stone. He had spent the last ten hours riding his Harley through the back roads of Caroling County. He pushed the motorcycle across smooth, even pavement as the autumn wind tore at his face. Peter smiled, his fingers aching from his grip on the handlebars. He glided off the road and up to the pumps at Jasper’s service station. The single streetlight flickered to life, but the rest of the garage sat in darkness. He killed the engine and listened to the cool air pinging the hot pistons. He took off his helmet and swung a leg backwards off the bike.

That fucking Jasper was a waste, a goddamn pimple on society’s ass,Peter thought.

He looked around, detecting the occasional hum of traffic coming from Skyline Drive, most of it drowned out by the crickets coming to life within the woods. There were no other cars around and no sign of activity. The pumps were off, but the office door was open. Peter had to urinate, and he couldn’t bring himself to do so in the parking lot while wearing his official blues. He stepped to the side of the building and toward the restroom. He pushed the door open and hit the light switch, and one of the two fluorescent bulbs flickered to life. Mosquitoes danced on the surface of the sink, and the garbage can was upside down and sitting in a corner. Peter unzipped his pants and flipped the lid up on the toilet. He closed his eyes and pissed, instinctively reaching for the faucet to wash his hands before realizing only the cold water worked, and barely, at that.

What the hell am I doing here?

Peter didn’t bother flushing. He looked around, and his years on the force told him something was not right with the room. Something was off kilter. “Fuck if I care,” he said to himself. “Jasper is fucking dead. Burned like a piece of garbage.”

Jones turned and walked out, slamming the door behind him. He walked around the building and to the main office. He pushed the door open and was greeted with the heady aroma of smokeless tobacco and human body odor. He pulled the string on an overhead light bulb, which illuminated what used to be a desk. An old rotary phone sat atop a stack of porno magazines, one of them lying on the floor and open to the centerfold. Peter flipped through the pages, tossing each rag to the top of an overflowing garbage can.

This was his life. It’s what you’re here for, isn’t? You want one last interaction with Jasper? Well, here it is, Officer Jones. Here is where your loser son spent his time doing God knows what even after you bought the garage for him. Satisfied?

Peter shook and put his hands to head, trying to silence his own thoughts. He sat in Jasper’s chair and began to cry silent tears into his open hands.

“I tried, goddammit. I tried.”

The phone rang, jolting Jones from his self-pity.

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