Zapped in the Zinnias (Lovely Lethal Gardens Book 26) by Dale Mayer

Author:Dale Mayer [Mayer, Dale]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Valley Publishing Ltd.
Published: 2024-09-03T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 17

Friday Morning …

Doreen was still in bed the next morning, trying to get herself back into the mind-set of the missing Taser investigation. Yesterday had been one chaotic thing after another, but absolutely nothing had moved in her cold case investigation. She had to admit that now, with some things settled, she really wanted a ton of other things to get settled too. Lying around, she pondered just what that would mean in terms of this case, until she was interrupted by a phone call. She picked it up and answered it cautiously. “Hello?”

At first, silence came on the other end, and then a woman asked, “Is this Doreen?”

The voice was so soft, almost fragile. “Yes,” she replied, and recognition dawned. “Tammy?”

“Yes,” she said, her voice even fainter.

“Are you okay?” More silence came. “Tammy, talk to me.” Doreen bolted to her feet. Tammy started to sob. “Do you need medical attention?” Tammy just sobbed even harder.

Not sure what to do or how to get her to talk, Doreen paced her bedroom, just trying to calm down Tammy. “If you need me to call somebody, you tell me,” she suggested. “I can get help there within a matter of minutes.” She could if she needed to, and she knew it, but, so far, Tammy wasn’t capable of talking. The sobs were real though, and they were heartfelt, which, in a sad way, made Doreen feel better about whatever was going on in Tammy’s world. When a break in her tears finally came, Doreen asked, “Where are you?”

“City Park.”

“So you can walk?”

“Yes, yes, I can walk, but I don’t want to go back to the house.”

“I’m coming down to you at City Park, so just stay there. Meet me at the big pergola with the wisteria. Do you know what I mean?”

“Yes, I know where that is.” Tammy hesitated to get more words out. “I just don’t want him to see me.”

“No, I don’t want him to see you either,” Doreen murmured, “but I’m on my way. So, if you do see him, hide, just let me know where you’ll be.” Tammy ended the call, and Doreen raced to get dressed. She called for the animals, and they all came running. “Come on, guys. Rescue operation time.” And, with the animals in tow, she headed for her car.

As soon as she was in her car, she backed out of the driveway and headed toward City Park. She wondered why everybody always wanted to meet there. It was public and all, but, in a situation like this, did Tammy really want to be out in the open? Or was she not that badly injured and mostly just scared? Doreen hated the doubts that kept creeping in, but she’d seen just enough these last few months to make her wonder about anybody’s motives.

She phoned Nan on the road and explained what happened.

“Oh dear Lord, that poor child.”

“That’s why I’m heading down there right now. I’ll let you know how it turns out.”

“Of course, of course, and remember what we talked about.

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