Damaged Hope by L.K. Hill

Author:L.K. Hill [Hill, L.K.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2017-10-09T22:00:00+00:00

Chapter 15

Gabe cracked open the door of the diner car and delicious smells assaulted his nose. His stomach rumbled and he realized how long it had been since he’d eaten. The 50s-style diner sat three blocks from the station, on the right side of the tracks, and he, Cora, and Tyke came here often for lunch.

Now the place was almost entirely empty. Two young people sat in a booth at one end of the car, holding hands. In a booth on the opposite side, sat Cora. He recognized the back of Kyra’s head, sitting across from her.

Walking quickly toward their table, he wondered again why Cora insisted on bringing Kyra here, rather than back to the station. She’d said something about Kyra not having eaten. They could always have gotten something to go.

As soon as he reached their table and glanced at Kyra’s face, he understood better. Not the reason, but the emotion. Her face, white as a sheet, held haunted eyes. She probably didn't want the impersonal business-like atmosphere of the precinct.

“Are you all right?” Gabe slide into the booth next to Kyra. She didn’t move back to give him room. He had enough space to sit beside her without falling out, but only if he pressed his body close to hers.

“He got into my room, Gabe. He somehow knew where I hid the key. How would he know that?”

Cora had explained all this to him on the phone, and Gabe dispatched a CSU unit immediately to sweep the hotel room. Perhaps the killer left prints.

“Actually,” he said quietly. “I know how."

“You do?” she raised an eyebrow.

He nodded. “CSU found a lipstick cam above the TV. Have you ever turned on the TV in that room?”

She shook her head. “Never.”

He nodded. “He found your hotel really quickly, which is frightening enough. While you were gone, he broke in and installed the camera. That’s how he knew about the key. He probably watched where you hid it, where keep your luggage keys, everything. So he could put it all back in place.”

“My question is, why?” Cora said. “Why put it all back? Why not trash the place? Why not steal the cards? The money?”

Gabe shrugged. “To mess with us. This guy is a master at psychological manipulation. Watching Hunt question Hammond proved that much.”

Cora nodded. Her eyes slide to Kyra. “Drink some of your chocolate."

Kyra merely shook her head, looking like she might be sick.

Gabe put an arm around her, leaning down so his face hovered above her neck. She didn’t move at first. Then she reached up and gripped his hand with hers.

“Don’t take this the wrong way,” Cora said, sitting back. “I’m not saying this isn’t totally freaky. Why don't homicidal gangsters and strangers in the darkness freak you out, yet this does?”

“Because I couldn’t see it,” Kyra said, sounding winded. “I can deal with anything that comes at me. Even something out of the darkness. I can turn to meet it head on. No matter how horrible, or how violent.

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