Moran and Moran: Supernatural Horror with Scary Ghosts & Haunted Houses (Death Hunter Series Book 2) by Ripley Ron & Street Scare

Author:Ripley, Ron & Street, Scare [Ripley, Ron]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Scare Street
Published: 2020-08-30T16:00:00+00:00

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“What are you thinking about?” Colton asked as the strange man turned at the intersection.

“He’s not quite what he seems,” Jack answered. “You got a good look at his license, though?”

Colton nodded. “Oh, I did. I’ll keep the information filed. See if there’s anything on him. Well, do you feel like going inside now?”

Jack nodded.

Together, the three men walked up the driveway, then to the front door, and Colton used the key provided to him by the victim’s son. They entered the house, and Jack followed Colton as he led him to the victim’s bedroom. It was still a mess, with blood on the bed and the pillows. The drawers on the victim’s dresser were all open.

“That wasn’t done by an amateur,” Jack murmured.

“No, someone knew what they were doing,” Colton agreed.

“What do you mean?” Ray Newcombe, the young officer, asked.

“Those drawers,” Jack pointed. “A professional thief comes in and he starts at the bottom. That way, he doesn’t have to close a drawer to get to the next one. It minimizes the amount of time they have to spend in a room. What did he get out of them?”

“Guns, evidently,” Colton answered. “And whatever the things in the other room are supposed to be.”

Jack turned away from the dresser. “Show me that room, Colton.”

They left the murder scene and went back into the hall. In a moment, they were in a large room. Jack stood and examined it. Antique, glass-fronted barrister bookcases lined the walls. There were small, brass nameplates attached to each door, and when he shifted his attention to the room itself, it took Jack a moment to realize the room’s windows had been sealed with what appeared to be sheets of metal.

Colton saw where his attention was directed and nodded. “Yeah. Lead sheets. Strangest damned thing.”

“Is the whole room like this?” Jack asked.

Ray answered. “No, sir. Just the windows. At first, someone thought maybe he had built himself an anti-radiation room, you know, the lead shielding and all, but the only other thing in the room is a trough under the doorway. It’s filled with salt.

“What?” Jack asked.

Ray stepped aside as Jack and Colton squatted down. Jack pulled on a pair of latex gloves from a pocket, put them on, and gave the door-saddle on the floor a nudge. It moved a fraction of an inch, and then it grudgingly gave way. A narrow trough ran the length of the door saddle and under either side of the door’s frame. As the young officer had said, it was filled with salt. It appeared to be a mixture of rock and table salt.

Why is there a line of salt in the threshold? Is it for insects? Why mix rock and table salt? Jack took a small notepad out of his back pocket, retrieved a pen from another, and jotted the information about the salt and the lead down. He replaced the door saddle and stood up.

Jack walked to the nearest barrister bookcase and saw the brass nameplates were inscribed with names and dates.

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