The Midnight Stand (The Elysia Saga Book 1) by Affortunato Louis A

Author:Affortunato, Louis A. [Affortunato, Louis A.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Tortora Publishing
Published: 2015-08-27T07:00:00+00:00

Chapter 11

She stood in the kitchen, listening as the phone dialed home. It was up to five rings and would soon cut out when the voice mail kicked in. This was the second time she called Harley without an answer on the first couple of rings. He never let it ring more than a few times when he was alone. She knew something was wrong.

The rings got up to eight and she was about to hang up when there was a click on the other end. “Hello.” It was Harley, but he sounded out of breath, like he just came back in from jogging. There was something else in his voice she couldn’t quite pinpoint. It sounded almost like trepidation.

“Harley, where were you? She asked. “I called you before and you didn’t pick up.”

“Oh, you did? I was outside fixing something and I guess I didn’t hear the phone.”

“What were you fixing this late at night?”

A pause. It was subtle, but long enough for Sara to know that he was thinking of something to say. “I was working on the sup-pump. It just started to crap out all of a sudden.” He laughed at the pun. Sara didn’t laugh though.

“Harley,” she said, “what’s going on?”

Sara heard him swallow hard. “Nothing, what do you mean? I told you what happened.”

“Don’t lie to me. I know something is up. I can feel it in your tone. Are you sick?”

“No, everything’s fine. Honest.” He hesitated before speaking again. “I mean, I did have a hard time fixing the pump. I had to run out to pick up a piece for it and that took some time.”

“Where’d you go at this time?” she asked, the suspicion in her voice wasn’t hard to pick up on.

“No, that was earlier. I made a run over to the yard. Took me awhile to find what I needed, then I was working on it pretty much up until now.”

It was a plausible enough story. She knew he liked to work on stuff day and night if he could and she also knew that he practically lived in that junk yard on the outskirts. Still though, she wasn’t completely satisfied.

“Harley,” she started, speaking more slowly, “if there’s anything you need to tell me, I want to know what it is.”

“Sara, please-”

“Are you in trouble? Is that why you suggested I visit Dana, to get me out of the house? What are you hiding?”

“I’m not hiding anything. You’re taking this was out of proportion.”

“Then why did you want Jasper and me to leave tonight?” she asked, her voice wavering with a combination of fear and anger.

“I just thought that it would be nice for you to see your sister, that’s all”, Harley said. Sara could hear that his voice was beginning to return to normal. “There’s no conspiracy and no foul play going on. Believe me when I say that. You always complain that you never spend enough time with her and now that you’re there you get all crazy about it.

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