Red Tide: The Flavel House Horror / Vampires of the Morgue (The Ian McDermott, Ph.D., Paranormal Investigator Series Book 2) by David Reuben Aslin

Author:David Reuben Aslin [Aslin, David Reuben]
Language: eng
Format: epub, azw3
Tags: Literature & Fiction, Genre Fiction, Horror, Vampires, Mystery; Thriller & Suspense, Thrillers & Suspense, Suspense, Teen & Young Adult
Amazon: B00IZLPXGW
Published: 2014-03-12T04:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 12

In the Bag

Ian, Zoey, and Scout were just pulling into the Astoria Column’s parking lot when Ian spotted Officer Parker’s car. “There he is,” Ian said in a low voice, then pulled into a spot a few places down.

Ian was cognizant that Zoey had noticed the policeman obviously wasn’t in a police car, unmarked or otherwise, and he decided to address that.

“Yeah, Officer Parker … Ned … is driving his own car. This entire operation – well, if that’s what you’d call it – is supposed to be totally off the books. Sort of like a …”

Zoey interrupted, “Like some kind of black-op?”

Ian looked over at her, then after a couple of silent seconds looked deeply into her eyes. “Yeah, well, even though that phrase sort of makes this all sound over-the-top intriguing, I guess that sums it up as good as any. Are you okay with all this?”

Zoey said with a blank face as she stared at Ned’s car, “Sure. It’s like I’m playing some character, like a spy in a suspense thriller. You know, like a book or movie.”

Ian thought about the irony of Zoey’s statement. If Clayton gets his way, that’s exactly what this is.

Zoey glanced over at Ian and smiled reassuringly. She then looked away, back towards the plainclothes police officer, who had just exited his car.

It had just begun to rain. Ned quickened his pace as he headed towards Ian’s Jeep.

Ian spoke, “Zoey … Ned … he’s a good guy. I think you’ll like him.”

Zoey replied, “Well, that remains to be seen. I’m usually not big on cops.”

They both noticed straight away that Ned was carrying a brown paper bag in his right hand. And the way he was carrying the bag so close to his body made it immediately noticeable that he was trying to keep it and its contents as dry as possible. Ian motioned for Ned to open the door and get into the back seat, which he did, sliding in next to Scout. Scout paid Ned little attention, almost to the point of ignoring him.

Ian turned as far around in his seat as he could to better face Ned and noticed immediately that Ned had a scowl on his face. Ian quickly spoke first. “Uh, hi, Ned. This is my friend Zoey. She’s sort of … well on this … she’s my partner. Feel free to speak your mind. Whatever you need to tell me, you can say in front of her.”

Ned looked Zoey up and down for a moment before he spoke. “Okay. If Ian vouches for you, you must be okay. And by the looks of Ian’s hair, you must have had something to do with that, am I right?” Zoey smiled as she nodded. Ned looked over Ian’s new jet-black, spiked hair and nodded in approval. “Ian, don’t get me wrong, it’s perfect. Your hair. Now all you need are some threads that match the look.”

Zoey spoke up. “That’s exactly what we’re going to take care of today!”

Ned somewhat ignored Zoey as he continued to look directly at Ian.

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