Fatal Moon by Laura Perry

Author:Laura Perry [Perry, Laura]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Goodreads: 39813176
Publisher: Free-eBooks.net
Published: 2018-04-09T00:00:00+00:00

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Carl was looking right at the door when Jordan walked in. Jordan stopped short when he saw the accommodations. So, this is what the other half lives like, he thought with disgust. It was still a hospital room, but it had a huge pull-out couch in the corner along with a double-sized oak closet next to a mirror and vanity, over which hung Hollywood dressing room style bulbs. A 60-inch flat screen T.V. stared at him from the wall opposite Carl, and there was a control panel on a metal arm at Carl's side.

"Pleasant, isn't it?"

"You even convalesce in style man."

"I plan to convalesce at home."

Jordan shook his head. "You just had a lead-nosed bullet taken out of you, and you have a pint of someone else's blood and a bunch of fresh plasma in your veins. You're not going anywhere."

"I beg to differ. I feel fine. Apparently, my recuperative powers are beyond those of mortal men," he joked cheerfully.

"That’s probably the morphine talking,” Jordan replied.

Carl shrugged, then looked serious. "I'm hoping you can help me out a bit here, Jordan. I don't want to be here. We have a guest I don’t trust at the house, I'm doing quite well, and I need to leave before they take any blood tests."

"Didn't they do that already?"

"I don't know, and I don't want to find out. As far as I can tell, standard typing and chemical tests will reveal nothing. As long as they don't put the blood under a microscope I'm fine, but there are some strange cells in my blood that might make them suspicious. You'll be answering the phone for the next week just in case. Switch the landline to voicemail when you’re out. I’m leaving; they can’t keep me."

"Okay, but you'd better do something about that I.V. first." Jordan shook his head in exasperation, then turned away. "You're the boss. You'll need to make a statement to the police, though, and they may want to question me."

"Yes, they told me that. I'll try to spare you – after all, you weren't there. Neither was I, exactly, but I'll tell them what they want to hear. Have you said anything yet?"

Jordan turned back toward Carl. "Just that you went out for a jog this morning, and when I went out to check on you I found you like that."

"Good. Perfect. I'll sort it out from there.”

"By the way, what did happen to you out there?"

Carl frowned, his lips pursed. "Hmmm, I can't rightly say, but I recall an excruciating pain in my leg, then a foggy kind of run through the trees. I remember an urgent need to get back to the house, but it was more like a den – you know how things aren't always what they should be in dreams; it’s like that. There was something crashing through the brush behind me for a short while and... and I... was on four legs.” Carl paused, surprised. “I had a tail! Jordan… I remember! Well, in a way.

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