Tim O'Rourke - Kiera Hudson 02 by Vampire Wake

Author:Vampire Wake
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Published: 2012-05-15T14:06:11+00:00

Chapter Seventeen

I handed Kayla her phone, and slumped onto the bottom stair. What was I to do? For the first time that I could remember, I had no plan – I couldn’t see a way forward. I couldn’t see what to do. Pushing the mobile back into her pocket, Kayla came to sit next to me, wrapping her arm around my shoulder.

“I’m sorry, Kiera,” she whispered.

“You don’t have anything to be sorry for,” I told her.

“I’m sorry for your friend.”

“Me too.”

“How about a nice cup of tea?” Mrs. Payne chipped in.

Glancing up at her, I could see that she felt as dumbfounded as we all did. I don’t think any of us knew what to do or say after hearing Sparky scream like that. I guess we all felt helpless.

“A cuppa would be great,” I smiled weakly at her.

“I’ll be in the kitchen when you’re ready,” she said walking away, leaving Kayla and me on the stair alone.

“What’s going on?” I said aloud, I don’t know if I really meant for Kayla to have all the answers.

“What do you mean?” she asked.

I looked at Kayla and wanted to tell her I’d been watching her last night with that man. I wanted her to know what I’d heard them discussing together. But I couldn’t, because it might cause her to distrust me, to become more secretive than she already was. But worse than that, she might warn her secret friend – tell him not to come back and then I might never know his identity. But there was other stuff, too. I wanted to know if Kayla was as suspicious of Marshal and James as I was. She had told her friend last night that she didn’t like Marshal and I couldn’t disagree with her about that. The guy was a creep – perhaps he spied on her too?

The whole set-up at the manor was wrong. But was Kayla a part of it? Did she know more than she was letting on? I didn’t know who to trust or believe anymore. I’d made that mistake before – I’d put my trust in my friend Sergeant Phillips and it had nearly got me killed. For now, I would have to keep my suspicions to myself and unravel what was really going on at the manor in my own way.

“Do you know what?” I said, looking at Kayla.

“What?”

“Tell Mrs. Payne to put a hold on the tea, I’m going for a walk,” I told her.

“Can I come?” she asked.

“I’m sorry Kayla, I just need some time on my own,” I said heading for the door.

“Okay see you later alligator,” she smiled at me.

Hearing those words, I froze. “What did you say?”

“I said, see you later, alligator,” she said. “Is there a problem?”

“No. No problem,” I half-smiled. “It’s just that’s the last thing I ever said to my mother before she disappeared.” Then closing the door, I left the manor house.

It was cold, I tucked my hands into the pockets of my jeans and headed towards the tree line in the distance.

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