Remembrance by T. K. Eldridge

Author:T. K. Eldridge [Eldridge, T. K.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Graffridge Publishing
Published: 2019-06-28T04:00:00+00:00

“You guys ever see the musical Into The Woods? There’s a line where the witch goes “Boom…squiiiish!” and it replays in my head when I get to shoot something that goes boom.” Emlen chuckled. “One of the guards, Rory, he had been with me when I saw the musical and then about a month later, was on duty when I was at the range. We were shooting at water balloons and I kept going ‘boom…squish’ and he got laughing so hard, he dropped the water balloon he was tying off and it started a water balloon fight among the four of us.” Emlen was grinning, eyes shining bright as she told the story. “One of my better memories.” She toyed with the beer bottle in front of her and glanced up at the two men. “So, when we shoot watermelons, I get to yell ‘boom…squish!’, agreed?” Both Cullen and Connor were laughing as she lifted her beer bottle to toast them as they nodded in agreement.

“And who’s bringing the water balloons?” Cullen teased, shaking his head. It had been a long time since he’d appeared this lighthearted, even with all the horrible stuff that had happened over the past few days.

“I will.” Emlen called out, raising her bottle in salute and laughing. “Be prepared to LOSE!” she crowed before settling back in her seat. “Okay, I’m stuffed. I’ll clear the dishes if one of you makes some coffee and grabs the laptop? I want to see what’s on that drive before the three of us leave tonight. I get the feeling that it’s going to be worth our sobering up a bit.” Rising, she started collecting plates and bowls, and headed into the kitchen.

The guys could hear her in there, wrapping up food and running water, so Connor leaned over to his brother and murmured, “I’m worried about what we’ll find on here. The photos of her grandparents with Joel mean there is some sort of deeper connection and she didn’t even dig into it. Just set it aside.”

“I’ve noticed that with her. Anything that deals with her grandparents or aunt is kept at arm’s length or tucked away. I get that she is focused on her mother and what happened, but from what I’ve gathered about her life afterwards, this wasn’t some random home invasion or whatever you want to call it.” Cullen slowly got to his feet and leaned closer to Connor. “I think the only reason she’s still alive is because she didn’t remember. I also think that now that she’s digging, she’s a target once more, and that Joel’s murder was a part of this whole mess and not some other case as the investigators have told the news.”

“I agree,” Connor replied, also getting to his feet. “I’ll bring in the last couple of things here. You go get your laptop? I’ll get coffee going while I’m in there.”

Cullen nodded, reaching out to grip his brother’s shoulder as he followed him into the house.

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