The Scent of Heather by V. J. Banis

Author:V. J. Banis
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: Romance, Thrillers, gothic, gothic fiction, romantic suspense
ISBN: 9781434448859
Publisher: Wildside Press
Published: 2012-04-22T21:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER EIGHT

She scarcely knew Sophie, yet the sight of her frail little body being lifted onto the stretcher and carried out to the waiting ambulance brought tears to Maggie’s eyes. She couldn’t decide if they were tears of grief or of fear. There was a stabbing in her breast and a voice kept telling her that Mrs. Johnston had been right after all. Heather House was evil; she must get away from it.

But another voice told her that wherever she went this evil would follow her. It wasn’t Heather House that bludgeoned the life out of Sophie, it was someone in the house.

But who? Maggie asked herself.

She felt Rebecca’s arm go around her. “Don’t think about what’s happened, Maggie. As the policeman said, it must have been a prowler or some horribly demented vagrant who Sophie had taken in.”

“Why would anyone want to kill Sophie? It makes no sense,” David said.

“Nothing makes any sense anymore,” Maggie answered, her mind wandering back over the past year.

Rebecca hugged her. “Come on, Maggie. Let’s get out of here.”

“And go where?”

“Any place but here.”

Maggie shook her head. “I couldn’t face that house of Mrs. Johnston’s. Besides, the police searched the place. They found tire tracks leading away from the back of the place. Whoever killed Sophie won’t be back, I’m sure.”

“But the place is giving me the willies. I’ve got to get out of it, at least for a little while,” Rebecca said.

David touched Maggie’s arm. “Rebecca’s right. Let’s take a drive. At least a change of scenery will help. What do you say?”

Again Maggie shook her head. “No, you two go along if you want to. There’s so much to straighten up.” She let her eyes wander toward the kitchen.

“Don’t you dare go into that kitchen tonight, Maggie,” Rebecca said firmly. “I forbid it. You’re upset enough.”

“Please, Rebecca,” Maggie said, regaining her composure. “I am not a child. I think I’d like very much to be left alone. You and David go for a drive if you wish. I just want to be alone and think.”

“Alone? In this house? Over my dead body,” Rebecca said.

Maggie turned to David. “Take Rebecca for a drive, David. She’s more upset than I am, although she doesn’t want to show it. I’ll be fine, really I will.”

“I’m sorry, Maggie, but I think Rebecca’s right. You mustn’t stay alone in this house. You should get out of here, at least for an hour or so.”

“No,” Maggie said. “Whoever killed Sophie is far gone by now.” What she didn’t say was she was certain there was some evidence the police had overlooked that would give her a clue as to who that someone was. She had a good idea of who, but the thought was so disturbing she didn’t want to think about it. Yet, she had to be sure her suspicions were correct. She had to search the house and find out whatever she could without Rebecca or David being there, spying on her.

“Go along, you two,” Maggie insisted.

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