Watched by Louise River

Author:Louise River [River, Louise]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2018-02-06T22:00:00+00:00

The next morning, she decides to stay in bed and pretend to sleep until her parents leave for work. With the patrol car outside and willing to follow her, they felt comfortable leaving her to go to work.

Something about the sketch Ryder showed her last night haunted her all night, causing little sleep. He looks so much like her. He has the same cheekbones, the same mouth, Grandma Violet’s nose, and the same scar above his left eye. That part bothered her out more than anything else. And she couldn’t help but see him every time she closed her eyes.

Jumping out of bed, she changes into her favorite black running shorts and bright orange tank top. She decides it’s best to head to the library to see if she can find anything in the papers about this man she now believes to be her brother.

As she starts running, her thoughts are pushed aside to the feeling of being followed. Looking behind her, she sees Deputy Scott Rogers following her in the squad car. “At least I know I won’t be attacked this morning,” she says to herself.

She reaches the library and run up the steps, unable to avoid the urge to run them Rocky style. Celebrating slightly in her head as she reaches the top, she smiles. The fact she’s able to put everything in her life on hold for a minute is a big feat.

She walks inside and sees Mary Silvers, the librarian, who has never done anything outside of this library that she can remember. There are two hairstyles she sports: pulled into a tight bun at the top of her head or braided into a long tail that runs down the length of her back. Today, the bun is making a statement against her extremely modest knee length black dress with short sleeves. She gives Parker a weary look.

“Hi, honey. How are you doing? I heard about what happened.”

“I think everyone probably has by now.”

“What are you looking for today, dear?” Mary asks, but the look she gives Parker says she already knows.

“I’m not entirely sure. There’s something about the man who attacked me. He seems very familiar, but I can’t pinpoint why. Can I look through old newspapers?”

“They aren’t digital. You know, budgets.” She gives a shrug. “But I took the liberty of pulling a few and setting them aside. I think they may have something you’re looking for.”

“You know something, don’t you?”

“I don’t know what you’re talking about.” Mary leads her back to a table filled with newspapers on wooden sticks. “Let me know if you need anything else.”

She sits at the table, and the front page of the first newspaper has a picture of a little boy with blonde hair and a scar above his eye. The caption reads Little Boy Committed To Mental Hospital After Trying To Kill Sister. As she reads the first paragraph of the article, she pulls out her phone and finds Ryder in her contacts.

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