Cain's Cross by Dale Mayer

Author:Dale Mayer
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Fiction, Military, Romance
ISBN: 9781773363219
Publisher: Valley Publishing Ltd.
Published: 2021-01-13T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 10

When Petra parked behind the police station, she took a deep breath and said, “I don’t know why this is bothering me so much.”

“It should bother you,” he said. “Just think about it. You’ve been to hell and back, and somebody has done this to your sister and left her there. Then, at the same time, you’ve also endured the loss of your father. What could the police and their questions possibly do to you at this point? They surely can’t do any more to you than life has done already.”

She chuckled at that. “Are you sure?”

“Well, no,” he said, “because it can surely be a pain in the ass to deal with some of these people.”

“True,” she said, “but let’s go.” She led the way inside, and, as she walked in, she went to the woman behind the desk and introduced herself, saying she was here to see Detective Conus.

The woman smiled and said, “Take a seat. I’ll let him know you’re here.”

At that, Petra walked over and took a seat on a hard bench. After a few minutes, the bench started to bite into her butt. “Seems like they could spring for more comfortable seating, if they’ll make us wait out here,” she muttered.

“I think it’s part of the plan,” he said, chuckling.

She smiled. “Maybe so, but it’s still a pain in the ass. Literally.”

“Yep, it is.”

A moment later the door opened, and a detective stood there, looking at her, waving her in. The two of them walked toward him. He looked up at Cain and asked, “And who are you?”

His accent was thick and broken. Cain answered in kind, introducing himself. “I’m a friend of Petra’s,” he said.

The detective looked at Petra, and she looked back with a steady stare. He just shrugged and said, “Well, come in then, if she wants you here.” As they walked inside a nearby office, and everybody was seated, the detective asked, “When did you last hear from your sister?”

“I told you last night, not for many months. Apparently though my uncle thinks he saw her not too long ago.”

“Seriously?” The detective raised his head from making notes and looked at both of them.

“According to what the uncle said this morning, yes,” Cain said.

“Okay, I’ll have to talk to him about that then,” he said.

“Perfect,” she said. “As for me and my sister, I haven’t seen her since right before she left, about eighteen months ago. Last time we talked face-to-face, she left, upset and angry.”

“Why?”

“She was pregnant,” Petra said bluntly. “So I don’t know if she aborted the baby or had it and gave it up for adoption or what.”

“Interesting,” he said. “Who else can confirm this?”

“My uncle, most likely,” she said.

“About the pregnancy?”

She shrugged. “I don’t know how much my uncle knew or didn’t know about that,” she said.

“And your aunt?” Detective Conus asked.

“Same thing.”

“Your father?”

At that, she felt something inside her crumble.

Cain immediately reached across, grabbed her hand, and told the detective, “Her father passed away last night.

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