The Ghosts of Kali Oka Road by M. L. Bullock

Author:M. L. Bullock [Bullock, M. L.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: UNKNOWN
Published: 2017-03-15T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twelve—Cassidy

“Sierra to base.”

Sara’s well-manicured nails wrapped around the black walkie-talkie. “This is base. Go ahead, Sierra.”

“Five minutes. No sign of the client. K2 is even Steven. Temp is 58F.”

“Great. Check back in five. Radio silence, please.”

“All right.”

She tapped the antenna of the walkie-talkie to her chin. “I hope she remembers to take pictures. Did she take her camera?” she asked Midas. It was the first time she’d spoken to him this afternoon.

“Yes, but it wouldn’t hurt to have a backup. You have yours?”

Sara cocked an eyebrow at him. “Are you kidding? I’m no rookie.” She cast a stinging look of disdain in my direction and strolled back to her car in her stylish brown boots and began searching her back seat, presumably for her camera.

“Am I missing something?” I couldn’t help but ask. The uncomfortable feeling kept rising. I’d had enough weirdness for one day.

Nobody answered me. Midas glared after Sara, but it was Peter who broke the silence.

“Cassidy, have you always been interested in the supernatural? Seems like we all have our own stories to tell. All of us have either seen something or lost someone. They say the loss of a loved one in a tragic way makes you more sensitive to the spirit world. I think that might be true.”

“You’re an ass, Pete. You’re joking about her sister? She doesn’t know she’s lost her.” I could see Midas’ muscles ripple under his shirt. He wore a navy blue sweater, the thin, fitted kind that had three buttons at the top.

“I’m sorry, Cassidy. I swear to you I’m not a heartless beast.”

“How could you not know?” Sara scolded him. “She told us about her the other night.”

“I had my headphones on half the time, cueing up video and photographs. Shoot. I’m really sorry, Cassie.”

That was the last straw. I was about to tell him how I really felt about his “joke.” I took a deep breath and said, “My name is Cassidy, and…”

The walkie-talkie squawked, and I heard Sierra’s voice, “Hey! Y’all need to get in here, now!”

Immediately everyone began running toward the narrow pathway. Midas snatched the walkie. “Sierra! What’s up?”

“Someone’s out here—stalking us.”

“Can you see who it is? Is it Ranger?”

“Definitely not! Footsteps are too fast for someone so sick.” Her whisper sent a shiver down my spine. “I’m taking pictures…should we keep pushing in toward the house?”

“Yes, keep going. We’re double-timing your way. Stay on the path, Sierra. Don’t get lost. Follow your GPS. It should lead you right to it.”

“Okay.”

“Midas! Let’s flank whoever this is!” Pete said, his anger rising.

Midas looked at me as if to say, “Are you going to be all right?”

Sara said, “Go and help Sierra. Cassidy and I will follow.”

Immediately Midas took off to the left and Peter to the right. They flanked the narrow road and scurried through the woods to see if they could detect the intruder.

Sara handed me her audio recorder. “Hold this! I’m grabbing some photos. We’re going to run, Cassidy. I hope you can keep up.

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