The Lies We Bury by Stacy Green

Author:Stacy Green [Green, Stacy]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Thriller, Mystery
Publisher: Stacy Green
Published: 2018-06-15T04:00:00+00:00

Cage eased the car onto the shoulder of the dusty county road. Annabeth had been hit approximately five-hundred yards from the intersection of State Route 2800 and the county road. “This should be damned near the spot.”

Annabeth stepped out of the car.

“I ran through the woods.”

“You remember?”

“You told me I must have, because of the pine needles in my feet.” She turned in a circle. “There’s trees on both sides.”

“The couple who hit you said you’d come from the west.” Cage said. “The local police searched a full mile radius, but they were operating on the assumption you’d been dumped in the woods nearby. They never made the connection with the pine needles.”

“There’s pine needles in the clearing,” Bonin said. “Scattered everywhere. Wind blows them. She might have been dumped.”

“She had lacerations on her feet,” Cage said, “from the needles, suggesting she stepped on them. Some were deeply imbedded, so it didn’t happen when she stood up and walked to the road.”

Annabeth rubbed her temples and clicked her teeth. “I don’t remember anything about this place. We need to look for the purple flowers. That’s what Lyric said in my vision.”

“Relax,” Cage said. “This is just a starting point. Bonin, you have the map?”

Bonin spread a Texas DOT map across the hood of the car. Every county road was marked, and Cage had already compared it to his Google Earth results. Farms and communities dotted the area he wanted to search. “We’re not looking at people who still live here,” Cage said. “Even if he thought she died, he would have fled. Probably as soon as he found out she escaped.”

“But someone else might be living there now,” Bonin said. “We should start with the properties that have a decent amount of land. The farms with barns.”

Cage agreed. “Let’s just drive around and look first. I don’t want to knock on any doors unless we have to. The less the local police know, the better.”

Annabeth had wandered across the clearing of dried-up grass and hovered near the edge of the woods. She rubbed her temples again. “Why aren’t we looking for the flowers?”

“What is it?” Cage quickly joined her. Her skin had paled, making the spattering of freckles stand out.

Cage touched her shoulder. “Do you remember something?”

She shook her head, but her hands trembled. She rocked back and forth on her heels.

“Annabeth, talk to me,” Cage said. “Take a deep breath. Don’t let your emotions take over.”

“She looks like she’s in shock.” Bonin had joined them.

“Talk to us,” Cage begged. “What is it?”

Annabeth’s head whipped back and forth, her breathing short. “No, no, no.”

“Annabeth, you’re safe.” Cage gently took her quaking hands. Despite the heat, her skin felt like ice. “Look at me.”

She finally made eye contact, her pupils dilated.

“Good,” Cage said. He hated putting her through this. Pandora’s box could explode at any moment, and he and Bonin weren’t equipped to deal with the emotional fallout. “Tell me what you remembered.”

“Not a memory.” Her voice sounded weak as a newborn kitten’s.

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