Fallon’s Flaw by Dale Mayer

Author:Dale Mayer
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Fiction, Military, Romance
Publisher: Valley Publishing
Published: 2021-04-08T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 8

Outside Linny took several slow deep breaths, as she rotated her shoulders and her neck, trying to ease up the tension clawing at the base of her throat and at the top of her shoulders.

“You okay?” Quinn asked.

She smiled. “Shouldn’t I be asking you that?”

“I don’t know. The guy came right behind me. Kind of disconcerting,” he said. “I wasn’t … Even though I was half expecting to see something, nobody had come in through the front, so I didn’t expect anybody to be coming up behind me. I was sloppy.”

“You’re tired,” she corrected. “That’s understandable.”

“Doesn’t matter,” he said. “It’s not acceptable in this world. This kind of mistake gets you killed.”

“Well, they didn’t kill you this time, thankfully,” she said.

“Maybe not, but, at the same time, I’m not terribly impressed with myself.”

“And you’ve got the headache to prove it.” She smiled knowingly.

“Isn’t that the truth.”

“Still, at least he’s here, and we’ve got him talking,” she said.

“Now if only we could understand what the hell he is even saying,” Quinn said, with a grin.

At that, they both shared a laugh.

“Pretty bizarre, if you ask me.”

“I guess it’s just another art form,” she said. “But it’s kind of odd to think that they’re making art by distorting the photos.”

“But that’s what art really is, I guess. Taking something and putting your own twist on it,” he said. “They’ve done it since time began.”

“Abstract art in painting is something we’ve accepted for a long time. So why not abstract photography?”

“Exactly, and apparently this guy had his own little following,” Quinn said.

“So was it one of the fan club who killed Ben? And, if so, why drop him off at the compound?”

“That’s the million-dollar question,” he said. “And how does any of this relate back to us. We get that it relates to you, but is there a completely simple, yet obvious, answer for whoever did this? That Ben should be dropped off in front of your place, since he’d already spent his life here?”

“Well, that’s kind of creepy,” she muttered.

“Yep, it is. The whole thing is creepy. I didn’t explain it very well, but, if Ben is the type to die for his art, that’s the kind of thing he would do, isn’t it?”

“And that’s even worse,” she said.

Quinn chuckled. “We’ve all seen an awful lot in life that doesn’t make any sense. This could be just another one of those.”

“Maybe,” she muttered. “But still, you’d like to think you could latch on to something logical there.”

“But isn’t that what you found out before? That there’s just nothing sane to latch on to?”

“I guess. It’s still distressing.”

“Yep. I get it,” he said. “Just not that easy to figure out.”

“No,” she said. “It isn’t. Still, it is what it is.”

Quinn chuckled. “I’m ready to go home and to get some sleep. How about you?”

“Yeah, me too,” she said, “but we’ll have to tear Fallon away from inside.”

Just then Fallon stepped out and looked at the two of them. “Wagner will take Peter down to the station for the night.

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