They Ate the Waitress by D N Schmidt

Author:D N Schmidt [Schmidt, D N]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-08-01T22:00:00+00:00

Chapter Ten

Early the next morning, Nick was in the shower, considering his options. “Aaron Spinner is a lunatic and a murderer, but he didn’t kill Renée. – Damn it. What’s the point of catching a matricidal maniac if you’re not going to get paid? – And Gabrielle is two seconds away from calling a security team to arrest me. I’d better stay away from her… for now. Well, looks like I’m headed back to Clayton’s. I think it’s time for a nice, polite interrogation.”

He parked across the street from Clayton’s house and waited. After a couple of hours, Clayton’s garage door opened and his dark blue SUV pulled out into the street. Nick followed, keeping at a safe distance.

Clayton pulled into the lot of Diabolical Donuts. The diner was owned by a devil-worshiping cult that used fast food to promote the seven deadly sins: gluttony, sloth, lust, pride, envy, anger, and greed. They had originally promoted forty-three deadly sins, but that took too much time.

The donuts were delicious, but extremely expensive. This encouraged gluttony, followed soon after by anger. The tables were equipped with massaging recliners to encourage sloth. Each location was staffed by scantily-clad servers who would flirt with some of the customers but completely ignore the rest. This lead to lust, pride, and envy. However, it was the owners who were greedy, not the customers. Hey, close enough.

When Clayton disappeared inside, Nick pulled a tire iron from his trunk and waited just out of sight. Clayton soon returned, carrying a large sack and a tray of coffee cups. As he strolled towards his car, Nick calmly blocked his path and knocked the food from his hands. Grabbing Clayton by the shirt collar, he dragged him across the lot, pulling him behind a garbage bin where they couldn’t be seen. Nick threw Clayton to the ground and stood over him menacingly, his weapon at the ready. “I’m Rick Welding, Renée’s cousin. I know you killed her. And now, you’re going to pay.” He raised the tire iron over his head.

“Wait, stop!” Clayton shielded his face with his arms, bracing for the blow. “I didn’t do anything, I swear! I didn’t even know she was dead!”

“How could you not know? You dated her for years, but you didn’t even keep in touch?”

“I tried. After a while, she wouldn’t even take my calls. I was an asshole, I admit it. I didn’t want kids, so I told her to pack up her things and get out of my house. But I didn’t kill her! I had no idea this would happen.”

“I don’t believe you, you dumb son of a bitch.” Nick waved the tire iron over Clayton’s head. “Prove it to me or I’ll hurt you.”

“I haven’t seen her for weeks!” he insisted. “Ask her friends, or her parents. She always told them how she didn’t want to see me!”

“You haven’t been stalking her?”

“What? No, of course not. I have a new girlfriend. She keeps my mind off of Renée. Besides, if I wanted to follow a woman around, I would just call Rent-A-Stalker.

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