Worst Nightmare by David Archer

Author:David Archer [Archer, David]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2020-01-12T22:00:00+00:00

FOURTEEN

Sam heard his phone ringing and reached for it, half-asleep and fumbling on the nightstand. He got it and glanced at the number to see that it was Mel Douglas calling, and quickly put it to his ear.

“Prichard,” he said.

“Sam, it’s Mel,” the young man began. “I just sent you a few pictures, did you get them?”

“Hold on,” Sam said. He pulled the phone away from his ear and looked at the screen, blinking sleepily. He had to press a couple of buttons, but then the message from Mel appeared on the display and he looked at the photos he had received.

One of them showed a late model Chevy Malibu, its brake lights still on as it stopped near the shed. The next photo showed a redhaired woman climbing out of the car, and that was followed by another picture of her holding a baby in one arm as she closed the back door of the car. The last photo showed her stepping into the shed.

Sam put the phone back to his ear. “Good job,” he said. “Could you read the tag number?”

“Well, yes,” Mel said. “I have another picture that shows it clearly, but I—well, I might’ve gotten a little carried away, Sam.”

A chill went down Sam’s spine as he sat up on the bed.

“What do you mean by that?”

“Well, I had parked my car in the parking lot at the shopping center, so when she got back into her car, I was already in mine. I followed her for a little while, and she stopped at a gas station just down the street, so I pulled in there as well. We were on opposite sides of the pump from each other, and I started talking to her, and—well, I got her name and phone number. As a matter of fact, she thinks we have a date for tomorrow night. I came back to the shopping center and checked the cameras—I left them on, on video—and nobody has been here yet.”

Sam bit back the irritation that was trying to surface. If someone had come and gotten the child while Mel was gone, they might have lost valuable evidence, but at least he’d had the foresight to leave the cameras recording video.

“Okay,” Sam said. “At least everything worked out. Send me her name and phone number, and I’ll deal with her my way.”

“Yes, sir,” Mel said. “I’m sorry if I did something wrong, Sam, but I just had the feeling I could get something out of her.”

“It’ll all work out, Mel,” Sam said. “Let me know if you see anyone come after the child.”

He ended the call and put the phone down, then threw his legs over the bed and started getting dressed. Indie woke up beside him.

“Sam? What’s going on?”

“Mel got pictures of a woman dropping off a baby,” he said. “But then he followed her and made contact. He should’ve stayed where he was, but he left the video on and nobody has come to collect the child yet, so I’m heading up there.

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