Tim O'Rourke - 03 Dead Statues by Tim O'Rourke

Author:Tim O'Rourke
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2016-02-20T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 14

Potter

I sat at the end of Kayla's bed, she at the other, cradling a pillow to her chest. Her cheeks were tearstained, her green eyes dull looking. I felt bad at seeing her so upset. She watched me, waiting for me to say something, but I didn't know where to start. It seemed like minutes were ticking by and she had only given me five. I couldn't bear the thought of her collapsing into another fit of hysterics. Could I really blame her, though?

So, saying the first thing that came into my head, I said, "I know Isidor was your brother, but he was like one to me, too."

"You had a funny way of showing it," she snapped, her anger still fresh and raw.

"I really didn't mean the stuff that I used to say to him," I tried to convince her. My excuse sounded shit and I knew it. "I was just yanking his chain, that was all."

"You did nothing but put him down," she reminded me.

"I know I did," I said, unable to look at her. "But me and Isidor made our peace before..."

"Those creatures killed him cut his fucking head off," she hissed.

"You've got to understand, Kayla. Isidor didn't stay behind because of anything I said," I told her. "I know it might look that way."

"How else am I meant to see it?"

"He loved that girl, Melody Rose," I reminded her. "He really missed her. He had carried that picture of them until the time was right. He went and had all those tattoos done and his eyebrow piercing so he looked just like he did in that picture. He really believed he would see her again. He just got tired of waiting. He had no one for himself. Whoever left that picture for him to find was the person who killed him."

"Who left it for him?" Kayla asked, her voice softening just a little.

"I don't know," I said thoughtfully. "But someone is fucking with us, and I intend to find out who."

"You've pissed off Kiera, too," she said.

"I know," I whispered, looking down at the floor, "but I never meant to."

"For someone who doesn't intend on pissing people off, you have a really good knack of doing it," she said.

"I know," I said. "I've always been the same. But just like someone left that picture for Isidor, someone left a picture for Kiera."

"The picture of her father that I heard you talking about?"

"That's right," I said. "Someone had written that word push on the back, just like they had on that picture of Isidor and Melody. And just like that picture led Isidor to his death, I think the picture of Kiera and her father will lead to her death, too."

"Shouldn't you go after her then?" Kayla asked me.

"I want to, but she hates me at the moment."

"Because of that girl, Sophie?" she asked, staring at me as if I were under interrogation.

"Yes," I nodded. This time, I didn't look at the floor but straight back at her.

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