Hatfield and McCoy by Heather Graham

Author:Heather Graham
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781497673991
Publisher: Open Road Media Young Readers

Chapter 8

It was strange, but by the morning, Julie didn’t find herself plagued at all by the fear that had come to her in the night.

She knew she had lived out her dream, and she and McCoy had made it through the night.

McCoy wasn’t part of the danger—he was her only protection from the danger, she was certain of it. The danger came from the kidnapper, the man with the scar on his shoulder, the man who had taken Tracy Nicholson and the other two young women.

And maybe the man had been somewhere near them last night. He was certainly still in the vicinity. That was why she was so certain that she was being watched.

McCoy had been wonderful last night. He hadn’t ridiculed her. But then, she had been so terrified, and he had known it.

By morning, though, he had been very quiet. Pensive. She couldn’t tell if he had decided she was neurotic or that there might be something to her perceptions. He was too hard-nosed to give her a clue. And he had let her off with the usual stern warnings. Don’t open the doors. Be careful. Be really careful. Use the peephole, and the latches.

After he had brought her home, she convinced herself that she was going to tackle her office—clean out all the paperwork and pay her bills before someone came after her—and then vacuum, dust, rearrange, the whole nine yards. She wanted to call Brenda Maitland; she was certain that Brenda wouldn’t mind telling her all sorts of things about McCoy that Julie wanted to know.

Julie didn’t want to call Brenda too early just in case she slept late, but then, halfway through what she liked to think of creative money management—making sure that she paid the bills that politely reminded her that she was late—she realized that Brenda Maitland couldn’t possibly sleep late, she had two children to get off to school.

She pored through the phone books, looking for Brenda Maitland. She couldn’t find the name, so she called information, only to discover that Brenda’s number was unlisted. She almost called the station to see if McCoy was there and ask him for his sister’s phone number, but then, she didn’t want him to know that she meant to give Brenda the third degree on him.

Perplexed, Julie sat on the porch, looking out over her own mountain, wishing she had the power to foretell the future at will, and wondering if she and McCoy would ever manage to really get along.

Then she jumped up. Maybe she didn’t know Brenda’s number, but she did know where Brenda lived.

Within thirty minutes she was standing in front of Brenda’s old farmhouse, perplexed once again. No one answered when she rang the bell. Right when she was about to give up and go away, a car pulled off the road and into the driveway. It was an old silver BMW, beautifully maintained.

“Miss Hatfield! What a delight!” Brenda said, stepping out of the car.

Julie smiled. Brenda already looked as if she had mischief on her mind.

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