Matt Archer: Monster Hunter (Matt Archer #1) by Kendra C. Highley

Author:Kendra C. Highley [Highley, Kendra C.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2013-12-06T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter Sixteen

Mamie was wearing the pink, velvety robe Mom had gotten her for Christmas. Her braids were frizzy—some of the hairs had popped loose in her sleep. She crossed her arms. “Well? Why are you in the mudroom at three in the morning?”

I grabbed a towel from on top of the dryer and flung it around my waist. “Geez, Mamie, I’m in my skivvies. Have some manners.”

All she did was stand taller and tap her foot.

“I forgot I didn’t have any clean jeans for tomorrow. I just threw some in the wash.” I pointed at the machine, which picked that moment to thump like crazy and spit suds out the lid.

Mamie pushed me to one side and turned off the washer. She peered inside. “How much soap did you use? And…wait…what is this?” She held up my coveralls. They were covered with red and mustard-brown streaks.

She whipped her head around to stare at me. “There’s only one pair of jeans in here, and I know the rest of yours are clean because Mom asked me to hang up laundry today. Where did you get these?” Mamie shook the wet coveralls. “This looks like blood, Matt.”

I tried to hide my arm, but I didn’t have enough towel to do that and keep my underwear covered. Still, Mamie didn’t see the slash. She was looking at the dryer.

“Where’d this knife come from?” She reached for the handle.

“No! Don’t touch it.” I leapt in front of her, not caring about my underwear or my arm anymore. “You can’t touch it!”

I don’t know how my face looked, but Mamie went all pale. “Okay. I won’t touch it.” She finally noticed I was bleeding. “What happened to your arm?”

“Long story,” I said. “Can I get dressed first?”

She nodded slowly. “Go get cleaned up and I’ll take a look at those scratches. Then we need to talk.”

Eyes huge, Mamie wobbled out of the mudroom. I slumped against the dryer, thinking I’d had enough for one night.

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