Case 321 by Shiralyn J. Lee

Author:Shiralyn J. Lee [Lee, Shiralyn J.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Amazon: B00CLXBEYA
Publisher: Shiralyn J. Lee
Published: 2013-04-29T03:00:00+00:00

Chapter Five

I drove into my cul-de-sac and then turned into my driveway. Today had been stressful and depressing. Iris was on my mind constantly. I felt sick in the pit of my stomach, the thought of that poor girl treated no better than a rabid animal, and for how long? It was hard to keep myself from crying.

I remembered that there was a packet of cigarettes still in the glove box. They’d been in there since the shooting. Grabbing the pack, I tapped on the bottom of it until one finally slipped out. It had been months since I had smoked one of these cancer sticks but today just gave me every reason to start up again. I placed the white paper stick between my lips. It took me two seconds to realize that I had no lighter. Just what the fuck was I thinking? I crumpled it up in the palm of my hand and then with the rest of the pack, I threw into the garbage bin by the back gate.

Walking around to the front door I suddenly heard a scream coming from inside the house. Unsure why this had happened, I drew my gun from my holster and held it out in front of me in my right hand whilst trying to unlock the door with my left hand. I opened it quietly. A second scream sounded, confirming that Kate was in distress. I kept my back to the wall and gradually moved into the living room. There were no signs of a break in. I moved in further, making my way toward the kitchen, keeping my gun firmly in front of me. The kitchen doorway was in my sight but I still couldn’t see any signs of a struggle, or Kate.

“Leave me alone, you fucking monster,” Kate shouted out.

I stepped over to the door and waited. I could see a shadow on the wall ahead of me. There was only one person as far as I could tell.

“Arrh, why did you have to come here?” she cried out.

“Kate, are you alright?” I called out as I swung around into the kitchen.

“No. No I’m not. Just take a look at what came in here and trapped me in my own bloody house,” she yelled. She pointed down toward the bottom of the cupboard where she was standing.

“Are you fucking serious? A lizard, you were screaming at a lizard, making me think that there was an intruder in our house.”

I picked it up by its tail and opened the back door. As I put it down on the grass, Kate shouted from behind me to make sure that I took it far away from the house. I ignored her request. The lizard was fine where it was.

I went back inside the house. Kate had cooked a concoction of chicken and red wine and placed it in the oven to warm up.

“So how was your first day back?” she asked.

I stood for a moment as every little detail filtered through my brain.

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