HOMECOMING: A thrilling crime mystery full of twists (New York Murder Mysteries Book 4) by Joshua Brown

Author:Joshua Brown [Brown, Joshua]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2021-08-15T22:00:00+00:00

Chapter 13

Jack

That night, I found myself sitting outside on a lounger, on the short patio of my bungalow. No light shone in the distance, no pollution covering the picturesque skyline. A full moon hung heavy amidst the stars, coating the earth in a milky white light.

I enjoyed a glass of scotch and a cigarette, taking in the natural beauty I lacked in New York. With every passing second out here in Priest River, a lot changed in me. My outlook on the situation, the place I was in, went from a horrible nightmare into a more peaceful serenity by the second.

Exposure therapy, I think that’s what they called it. A way of using a phobia against you. The more you expose yourself to it, the less it holds power over you. That’s how Priest River felt. For all intents and purposes, it was just a place, like any other. A small town that had a bad past. That didn’t mean these streets were bad, just the people who inhabited them.

New York was no different, I supposed. There were good, and there were bad, and it was thanks to the bad that I had a job.

What a twisted way to think about things, and yet, it was all that made sense.

I didn’t lose myself to the bottle that evening, rather enjoying the taste of my drink. After my conversation with Ruby, I wasn’t all that sure I wanted to be a part of what I agreed to. I was still investigating a murder. If there’d be time to visit family or not was beyond me. But for the time being, I felt I got her off my back for a while.

And though tragic and horrific, I suppose Lynne Sawyer’s murder wasn’t riding on my shoulders the same as a case would back home. Though I used the phrase as a way to make Rodney feel better earlier in the day, I was very much a consultant on this rather than a lead investigator.

It’s funny how humans trick their brains to stay sane. By now, I’d be driven up the walls, sucking down whiskey just to get a good night’s rest on a usual case. That night, I managed to enjoy the evening, the cool breeze, and somehow didn’t feel plagued by thoughts of Lynne hanging from her cross.

Though, I should have. Seeing enough devastation and inhumanity breaks a person. Even the most heinous crimes don’t seem as bad as they once were.

But my night was in for an interesting turn.

I kept the bottle outside with me, alongside a box of smokes and a tray of ice. Moths were out in full force, bouncing off the porch light. I heard the brooding call of a night bird out in the distance, and crickets chirped beside the gushing river. I had dinner waiting inside, a burrito from the Mexican restaurant I planned on eating once I finished my last drink for the evening.

While I sat outside, enjoying the nightlife, Lauren sent me another text with a picture of Skylar.

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