Bad Games- The Complete Series by Jeff Menapace

Author:Jeff Menapace [Menapace, Jeff]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: General Fiction
Publisher: Mind Mess Press
Published: 2019-07-18T22:00:00+00:00

9

The room was like a police interrogation room. It was the shape of a rectangle, with an observation mirror running the length of one of the two longest walls. An emergency exit outside took up one of the shorter walls. An entrance from the hallway took up the other.

Monica Kemp, aka Belinda Cole, journalist, sat in the middle of a large table. An empty chair sat directly across from her, waiting for its first “interview.”

On the table were three files, one for each of the three adolescent women Monica had requested. Stephanie Sands had commented on how thick the files were when she’d handed them to Monica, perhaps one last subtle attempt at changing her mind. All it did was delight Monica that much more.

The door to Monica’s right opened. An African-American teen in blue sweats was lead inside by a male member of staff. The teen was tall and heavy. She looked as if she’d never smiled in her life.

“This is Charlotte Wilkins,” the man said.

Monica waved a hand towards the empty chair. “Hi, Charlotte. Please take a seat.” Monica looked at the male member of staff with a smile that said you can go now. “Thank you,” she said.

The man frowned. “I was told to stay.”

Monica was at her sexiest with her natural dark hair and eyes, but she was still traffic-inducing in her red hair and green eyes getup that was Belinda Cole. She shot the man a smile from her arsenal and had him instantly. “We’ll be fine, thank you so much. You can wait outside or—” Monica glanced over her shoulder at the observation mirror “—I’m sure Mrs. Sands wouldn’t mind if you joined her in there.” Monica was certain she heard Stephanie Sands huff through the glass.

The man nodded, smiled at Monica, and closed the door quietly behind him.

Charlotte sat in the chair as if she owned it. Monica opened her file. “Huh…been a naughty girl haven’t you?” Monica said.

Charlotte frowned. “What?”

Monica pulled out a photo and slid it across the table. “What happened there?”

Charlotte glanced down at the photo. Glanced back up and looked away. “Bitch got what she deserved.”

“Yeah?” Monica took the photo back then read the accompanying file. “Says she’s still in a coma.” She pulled another photo from the file and slid it forward, a close-up of the victim’s face. “Can hardly tell if she’s a boy or a girl. Can hardly tell if she’s human. What did she do to deserve that?”

Charlotte refused to look at the photo of the battered girl. She only shrugged.

“You don’t remember?”

“I remember. Bitch got in my face.”

Monica put her index finger on a spot in the file. “The girl was five-two. A hundred and fifteen pounds. How big are you?”

Another shrug.

“I find it hard to believe a little girl like that would get in your face.”

“So? I don’t care what you believe.”

“Charlotte, if you could be any animal in the world, what would you be?”

The teen frowned again. “Huh?”

“Any animal in the world.”

“Shark. Like the one in Jaws.

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