Bloodstone (A Stacy Justice Mystery) by Annino Barbra

Author:Annino, Barbra [Annino, Barbra]
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: mystery, fantasy, magic, dogs, witches
Publisher: Dane House
Published: 2011-10-06T16:00:00+00:00

Parker looked at the window. Or rather, the lack thereof. “Pretty sure the Dynamic Duo scared off whoever it was.”

He got up and went to assess the damage. I followed.

“Do you need to go the hospital, Parker?” I asked.

“Nah.”

“You sure?”

He leaned over, whispered in my ear, “I fainted.”

I wrinkled my brow, “What?”

“I saw Derek drop and I fainted.”

I whispered back, “Did you see who did it? What he was hit with?”

Behind me, Derek said. “I can’t get Leo.” He walked over as Parker shook his head at me. “I’ll call the station. Try to reach Gus. What are you two looking at?” Derek asked as he dialed.

I looked out the window and just as I was about to say ‘nothing’, I saw it.

A white deer.

Ghost of the forest.

She paused, looked right at me and I felt a bolt of electricity run through my veins. The sun beamed right in my eyes for an instant. Then she was gone.

“Did you see that?” I asked.

“See what?” Parker and Derek both said.

I turned to face them. “That deer. She just ran across the open field.”

They didn’t.

When I turned for another glimpse, Ivy was in the truck bed. “Psst!”

I nearly wet myself she startled me so bad. I held up a finger, signaling her to be quiet for a second.

Derek was saying, “Not sure if anything is missing. We haven’t checked it out yet, thought we’d call you guys first. My camera and my wallet are still with me, though.”

Parker excused himself to use the bathroom and I turned back to the window. “What are you—” I jumped because she was now on the wall and we were nose to nose. “Stop that! What are you doing here?” I hissed.

“I deciphered the code, thought you wanted to know right away. It wasn’t easy I tell you, I think I should get extra credit or like a merit badge or something...” Ivy was still chattering away when I heard Derek ask Gus, “So what’s the story on the stiff they picked up over at the Geraghty House?”

“Shh,” I said to Ivy, “I need to hear this.”

Derek laughed, “Come on, man. You can’t be serious.” He paused. I felt Ivy tense. “He didn’t just get up and walk away.” Derek laughed again and then immediately closed his mouth.

Parker returned, wiping his hands on a brown paper towel.

Derek hung up the phone and stared at it for a couple of beats.

“Well?” I asked. “What did he say?”

Derek looked from me to Parker, back to me.

He put his phone in his pocket. “He said he just got up and walked away.”

No one spoke.

Then Ivy whispered, “Whoa. Dude’s a zombie.”

“There are no such things as zombies,” I said.

I made a mental note to confirm that with Birdie later.

I told Ivy to wait for me in the cab of the truck. And to look for my phone.

Derek was talking to Parker. “The body was still on the gurney when the medical examiner got paged. He went to answer it, hit the john and when he got back it was gone.

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