Play That Funky Music White Koi by Dakota Cassidy

Author:Dakota Cassidy [Cassidy, Dakota]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Book Boutiques
Published: 2017-06-16T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 11

“Cappie!” I admonished in a whisper, pulling him closer to me as people passing by shot us strange looks. “What did I tell you about spreading rumors? Things are just starting to die down, don’t rile everyone up again. Especially today. Please.”

Cappie’s wrinkled face fell. “Sorry, Lemon. I was just repeatin’ what I heard. Thought you’d wanna know.”

“I know, but we have to stop using the word vampire, okay? The marks on Abby’s neck weren’t from a vampire bite, Cap. They were marks from a Taser.”

He scoffed at me with a snort. “Yeah. That’s what Justice was tellin’ Chief Burrows, but I don’t believe him. I still think it’s the V word.”

So, if Cappie’s words were reliable, Fran had been Tasered, too? Fear skittered along my spine and across my arms, giving me goose bumps. This was no coincidence. This group of people was being methodically targeted by someone, and I wanted to know why.

And that someone was the person who’d clunked me over the head. But was it because they thought I knew something?

No. I’d been very careful. There had to be something they thought they’d left behind. A piece of evidence. Like Fran’s barrette? But that made no sense unless the killer was wearing it and potential DNA could be found from hair or something. Then that would also mean the killer was a woman, right?

Trying not to alarm Cappie, I strolled along with him, keeping him close until I saw Justice, who looked as though he’d been trampled by the running of the bulls. He stood against the rails of the boardwalk, leaning on them with his elbows, staring off at the sailboats as they glided by.

With all my questions, I could wear a guy out, and I knew it. So I planned to keep it as light as I could with him, but I had to find out if what Cappie said was true.

Thankfully, Cappie saw someone he knew and felt comfortable enough to leave me before I approached Justice.

“Hey, Justice,” I greeted him softly, approaching with caution as I leaned on the rails to join him.

The warm wind lifted his hair, revealing his furrowed brow. “You really should be at home resting, Lemon. I know there’s no point in telling you that, but don’t overdo it, okay?”

Again, there was that strange concern in his voice. It had a different edge than the concern of days’ past, but I didn’t have time to dwell on it tonight.

With my hand at the side of my head, I saluted him. “Aye-aye, Captain. No overdoing it. How are you? It doesn’t look like you got much sleep.”

“I grabbed a couple of hours at the station. It’s too crazy right now to take any time off for something silly like sleep,” he said on a laugh, though it was filled with irony.

“I bet. I hear Fran had the same marks on her neck as Abby.”

He shook his head. “How’d you hear that?”

“A little Cappie told me, I joked, hoping I wouldn’t get him into trouble.

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