Death Dimension by Denis Hughes

Author:Denis Hughes [Hughes, Denis]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Venture Press
Published: 2017-02-14T00:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 2

MONSTROUS NIGHT

He knew the other person had not been coming down the street because the street had been empty only a few seconds before. Whoever it was just had to have stepped from one of the doorways across the street from Brooking’s door. The time was two-thirty a.m. And the hurrying figure was that of a girl. Yes, it was curious, he decided. Because it was curious he slid down the alleyway and waited just out of sight. A moment or two later the shadow of the girl fell across the ground, hesitating. Then she turned down in his wake.

“Hello,” said Tern. He flashed his torch full in her face. She gasped and tried to back out quickly. “Don’t go yet, Miss Conrad,” he said. His fingers were tight on her wrist. At the sound of her name she seemed to stiffen. “You’re looking for your brother, aren’t you?” he murmured. “No, I’m not a policeman. If it’s any consolation he’s supposed to have got away.”

He still kept the torch on her face, counting the freckles and thinking that a girl as decent as Vivienne should never have been plagued by trouble of such grim proportions as mixing with murder. But that was life…

“He got away?” she breathed. “Who are you?”

“Jerry Tern,” he answered. “It’s time you went home to bed. Your brother isn’t here; I was with the police when Dutch called on Brooking.”

She relaxed a little. He switched off the torch and let her stand away slightly. She shuddered, making a queer little sound in her throat. “Greg was a fool to walk out,” she said suddenly. “He—he thought it wasn’t fair on me.”

“You’ve been hiding him of course. Only natural— especially when you were convinced he wasn’t guilty.”

“Of course he wasn’t guilty!” she said vehemently. “Do you think I don’t know he didn’t kill that poor girl?”

“Pity you couldn’t have proved it,” said Tern regretfully. “Come on now, I’ll take you home. We can pick up a taxi to share.” She walked beside him without further persuasion. There was a kind of crushed slant to her shoulders and head when they reached the main road with its brighter lights. He did not break the silence that grew between them. This girl had had a tough deal; she deserved something better. Tern remembered her clearly, remembered how she had insisted that her brother could never have killed anyone. Her photo had been on the front page of the yellow press more than once since Conrad disappeared. Sister of the wanted man! And all the time, despite questioning and subtle pressure, she had managed to conceal her brother, convinced he was innocent. Well, he might be for all that.

“He told me such horrible things about Brooking,” she said, breaking in on his thoughts. “It’s all too dreadful to believe, and yet…Oh what am I going to do?”

“Tell me about it,” he said. “I’m the original answer when it comes to trouble. The perfect substitute for a maiden aunt.” He grinned down at her.

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