The SHE Chronicles: Titan's Song Omnibus One (Books 1-4) by Stanley Jacob

Author:Stanley, Jacob [Stanley, Jacob]
Language: eng
Format: azw3, epub, mobi
Published: 2016-04-13T04:00:00+00:00

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Simone was on her way into the living room, gun at the ready, when she heard Myra outside talking to Bobby.

She could hear every word of the conversation with surprising clarity—Myra had just noticed the shocking damage to the hood of Simone’s car, and was asking about it. Bobby gave her a quick rundown of events, leaving out any mention of Simone’s attempted bribery.

Because he thinks that part’ll make him look like a fink…

When he finished, Myra lit into him with a flurry of questions. Obviously she could tell he was trying to sneak something past her.

Simone ignored the rest of the conversation, and walked the rest of the way into the living room, where she crept up to one of the big windows that opened onto the front porch, and peeked out through the slender gap at the edge of the curtain.

By then, Myra had finished her cross examination and was now walking up the driveway towards the house, carrying several white plastic grocery bags. Behind her, Bobby was standing out by the smashed hood of Simone’s car, hands in pockets, looking flustered.

Not a good day for Bobby, she thought. And probably about to get a lot worse. His own fault, for getting involved with these creeps.

When Myra reached the top of the porch-steps, she suddenly hesitated, an expression of unease spreading over her face.

She sniffed around like a nervous cat. Then opened her mouth and tasted the air with her tongue: flick, flick, flick.

Simone’s stomach did a somersault as she immediately assumed the worst—clearly Myra possessed some sort of keen sixth sense, and now she had become magically aware of Simone’s ambush scheme.

Suddenly things didn’t feel so exciting anymore. Maybe this wasn’t the right time to attempt an escape after all.

I could still do it later though… Maybe hide the gun somewhere close by, some place where I could grab it quick when the time is right… Maybe behind the couch…

Simone was just about to put everything on hold. But then Myra suddenly knelt, laid her grocery bags down, and walked the length of the porch to the trash can. She raised the lid, and rooted around in the garbage. A moment later, she came up with the bag containing the pyramid.

Simone felt goose pimples break out all over her body, because what she’d just witnessed, from appearances, was impossible. No normal human should’ve been able to pick up on that scent. Not from that distance; not with the pyramid wrapped so tight in a garbage bag, and covered up with a metal lid; not outdoors, with all the fresh air washing through and no closed-in spaces for a stink to pool up in.

That lemony fragrance was pungent, but it wasn’t that pungent.

Myra turned to face the yard and addressed Bobby: “When did this happen?” She raised the trash bag and shook it so he would know what she was talking about.

“Oh yeah,” he answered. “Forgot to mention that. The girl came out and threw that away a few minutes before she smashed up the car.

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