The White Room by Mirren Hogan

Author:Mirren Hogan [Hogan, Mirren]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: QuarkXPress, ebook, epub
Publisher: Burning Willow Press, LLC
Published: 2018-05-11T18:30:00+00:00

CHAPTER 20

The white room was becoming familiar. This time the door was open onto what I assumed was a corridor, but I couldn’t see much apart from the occasional person walking past. No one stopped to look in, or even slowed as they went. I tried calling out, but they’d jabbed me with a needle of something which made me weak and my head fuzzy. My arms and legs were restrained, but with my body full of whatever they’d dosed me with, I could hardly raise a finger. I could just barely roll my eyes left or right.

I was vaguely aware of lying cold and naked on what felt like a surgical table. Evie was lying on the one beside me. I’d been held down while they dosed and restrained her first. The rage and murderous thoughts were a combination of Brett’s and mine. Brett might deserve abduction and mistreatment, but Evie’s only crime was being in the wrong place at the wrong time. And having bad taste in men.

“I suppose you’re wondering ‘why me?’ “ Kevin’s face came into view above me. “It’s a fair question. Normally I wouldn’t waste time with oxygen thieves like you. You’re too dumb to be much use to us here. If it were up to me, I’d have cut your throat, tossed you out of the van and left your girlfriend out of this.”

I struggled to talk, to threaten or plead with him. No words would come. I couldn’t do more than move my lips and grunt.

Apparently, Kevin found this amusing. He chuckled softly. “I like it when I leave people speechless. Anyway, where were we? Oh yeah, ‘why me?’ Okay then. So, my boss is rich and powerful, you know the type. It’s something you could never have been anyway. Although, if you’d stuck to being a mechanic—anyway, you shot the wrong kid. Sam Wells was my boss’s nephew.”

For me, it all fell into place. Brett however, needed more explanation. Kevin went on. “My boss really doesn’t like it when people kill his relatives, so he asked me to look into it. Sam was a good kid, so I was only too happy to help. Luckily his place of employment had CCT cameras installed, so I got to see your deed in all its glory. You acted on impulse. I can appreciate that. Impulse isn’t a bad thing. It makes people fall in love and go bungee jumping. Personally, I avoid things like leaping off cliffs; too risky.”

He took a few steps away. I had to roll my eyes to follow him.

“I guess you guys thought you were clever, wearing masks? Thing is, there was CCT footage of you both all the way to your car. If you weren’t so dumb, you would have blacked out the plates. Tracing those to Johnny was simple. Getting him to spill his guts was even easier. You need to pick better friends. Did you know he was sleeping with your ex? No? He wasn’t really, I just like to joke around sometimes.

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