The Suicide Killer by Zach Lamb

Author:Zach Lamb [Lamb, Zach]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Fiction & Literature
Publisher: darkstroke book / crooked cat
Published: 2020-10-19T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Nineteen

The old Chevelle rumbled through the neighborhood at a crawl. After driving around for thirty minutes, he found his target. Mike circled around the block and parked three houses down from Bobby and backtracked through the neighbor’s yard, trying to avoid the streetlamps. The vehicle was there, but he needed to make sure it was the right one. He crept across the yard to the back of the SUV and shined the flashlight from his cellphone on the lift gate. The two dents bumped under his hand. The original plan was to walk up the front stairs and kick in the door. But now that he was at the house, he thought better of it. He didn’t know if Bobby would be alone or have a gun on him. It would be best to look around and find a quieter way to get inside.

Mike stalked up the steps, trying not to make any noise. Sweat poured down his face and stung his eyes. He knelt beside the one window with the light on. It opened up into the dining room. Other than a place setting for one at the table, the room was empty. Mike stood to walk away, and Bobby entered the room.

Startled, Mike crouched down. His heart felt like it was about to beat out of his chest and fall beside him on the porch. His head pounded with the pressure, and he braced himself against the windowsill. He looked back through the window, and Bobby sat at the table facing him. Mike ducked back, and when he didn’t hear any movement, he dared to take another look. Bobby was still in his chair eating dinner and reading a book.

Mike’s blood pressure rose again. Bobby killed a woman and left her body for anybody to find, and here he was, calmly eating liver and reading Portnoy’s Complaint. He wasn’t looking out the windows paranoid or packing his bags, preparing to leave town. It was just another day to him. He wasn’t acting like anything ever happened. Mike walked off the porch and headed around the house.

The side of the house faced an open lot going into the empty cul-de-sac. There were no neighbors to light up the area, and everything was cast in total darkness. It would be easy to hide in the shadows. Only the soft glow coming from Bobby’s dining room emitted any light, and that didn’t leave the porch. Mike walked across a retaining wall and held his arms out for balance. The blinds on the side window were only open a crack, but he could still see Bobby sitting at the table. He hadn’t left his meal or his book.

A rusted chain-link fence surrounded the backyard. Mike tried the latch, but a decades old padlock protected it. The key probably wouldn’t even open it. The fence wobbled back and forth as he used the links as footholds to climb over. It protested his weight, but he didn’t worry about the squeaking of rusted steel on steel alerting Bobby.

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