The Girl and the Deadly Express (Emma Griffin FBI Mystery Book 5) by A.J. Rivers

Author:A.J. Rivers [Rivers, A.J.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2020-04-10T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twenty-Three

Sometimes someone says something to you, and you don't understand it because it's confusing or strangely worded. Sometimes it's because they mumble, or you're not sure you heard exactly what you thought. And sometimes it's because the words are so clear, so unquestionable, they can't possibly be real.

This is one of those moments.

“What the hell do you mean there's a bomb?” I ask. “How do you know that?”

“It's in the note, Emma. Think about the words. It tells you there's another body, but it's not just saying you need to find that one before another dies. Time is ticking. That's what the note says. Time is ticking,” Sam points out.

“If the train stops or police show up, you blow it,” I mutter. “Christ.”

"He's going to blow up the train," Sam says.

"But which one?" I ask. "It says 'your train, your responsibility'."

"Right. So, the train you're on."

"No. The first note says I should have gotten on my train, meaning the one you are on," I point out.

"So, it could be either. Or both."

"How are we supposed to find it? This guy wants to play games, but he's not telling us how."

I let out an exasperated growl.

"Emma, calm down," Sam says.

"Don't tell me to calm down, Sam! A man is dead three feet from me because of a choice I made!"

"It's not your fault."

"Of course it's my fault. I knew there was something going on, that this was dangerous. Not only did I do it anyway, but I changed it. Rather than just following through, I tried to be smart, and a man lost his life," I say.

"And if you hadn't?" Sam asks. "Yes, you knew this was dangerous, but that has never scared you away before. Why should it now? You walk into battle because it's what you were born to do. You know as well as I do if you had gotten on this train, something else would have happened. And if you hadn’t gotten on the train at all, he probably had a plan for that too. He could have hurt a lot of other people getting to you."

The words settle in, but they don't sit right with me. I shake my head.

"No." I glance back at the body, then at the screen. "No. That's not what's happening. He could have gotten to me. He obviously knew I was on this train. He knew when I first got on. This man was supposed to get off the train before I got on, so whoever's doing this realized I changed my plans in advance. He killed this man and hid him. Wrote the notes. Everything. When he could have far more easily just come and found me. It's just like he said. He's playing games. He wants to see if I can figure it out."

"Where do we start?"

"The note says we're playing hide and seek. That I have to find one before there's another. Obviously, he's not talking about this man. In order to get the note, I would have already had to find him.

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