Who by Fire by Greg Rhyno

Author:Greg Rhyno
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: FIC022000 FICTION / Mystery & Detective / General;FIC022040 FICTION / Mystery & Detective / Women Sleuths;FIC022090 FICTION / Mystery & Detective / Private Investigators
Publisher: Cormorant Books
Published: 2024-04-20T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twenty-Six

As Dame hurried down the sidewalk to meet Gus Morrow, she was surprised to feel a familiar surge of cold pass through her body. When she looked out onto the street, she saw it. The white Chevy. It cruised past her like a slow-moving shark, and Dame found herself wondering exactly how it got those ugly dents in the bumper. She watched the car until it took a left and disappeared out of sight.

When she finally reached the restaurant, Dame checked her phone again and realized she’d missed two calls and a text message from Gus.

Can you call me when you get this?

She knew it couldn’t be good news. And sure enough, when he answered his phone, she heard screaming on the other end.

“Is everything okay?” she asked.

“Yeah. Well, actually, no.”

“Who’s screaming like that?”

“Uh, those would be the screams of children,” he said. “But don’t worry, they’re happy screams.”

“They don’t sound happy. They sound terrified. Where are you?”

“Well, that’s why I called. One of the guys at my station got sick and I had to pick up his shift. I tried to call earlier, but I couldn’t get through.”

“You’re not” — couldn’t be — “at a fire, are you?”

Gus laughed. “Typically, we don’t answer the phone when we’re fighting fires.”

“So where —?”

“Listen, I’d still really like to see you. Is there any way you’d come here? I promise I’ll have dinner ready by the time you arrive.”

“Well, maybe. But at some point, you’ll have to tell me where ‘here’ is.”

“Right. We’re up in Weston. On Elrose and Wilson. Think you could find it?”

“I guess,” Dame said. “If I have any trouble, I’ll just follow the sounds of screaming children.”

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