Slice by Angie Caedis

Author:Angie Caedis [Caedis, Angie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2023-09-07T16:00:00+00:00

STEVIE

“Locked. All of them,” Stevie said to Tyler as she made her way back into the kitchen.

“Good,” he replied curtly. His focus seemed to be everywhere all at once.

Stevie eyed the room. There were too many windows in the living room. It felt too open, too accessible. All it took was one rock through any of them and the house was no longer secure. They were safe for now, but she still felt on edge. Unknown to the others, Stevie had slipped a small paring knife from the kitchen into her pocket before inspecting all of the rooms. Even now, she grazed the edge of it with her fingers, making sure it was still there. Call it paranoia, but something about the house had seemed off when they’d returned. There was a tainted feeling in the air. So when she’d walked through all of the rooms, double checking the window locks, she’d clutched the little knife. Part of her kept expecting someone to burst from a dark closet or bathroom. No one had. As far as she could tell, the house was safe. Her gut clenched. Safe for now, at least. She watched Benny pace around the kitchen. He wasn’t handling the situation like she’d expected him to. He’d practically bolted from the beach when she’d implied that there was a killer on the loose. And now that they were back at the house, it seemed like he might do something just as frantic. She wouldn’t be surprised if he suggested they barricade all of the doors and windows with furniture. Stevie supposed that wouldn’t be too bad. At least whoever killed Eleni couldn’t get in through a broken window then.

Someone. Killed. Eleni.

That phrase had been swimming in her head since they’d found the body. The truth had been clear to her from the jump. She’d seen the aftermath of enough bar brawls to know what stab wounds looked like. She’d just never seen them on a dead body. When she and Bec had gathered the group, she’d tried to look at Eleni with ignorant eyes. Maybe it was an accident. Maybe it was suicide. Try as she might, she couldn’t feign that much ignorance. There were four, maybe five stab wounds. The slit throat didn’t make matters any better. And even if Stevie ignored the fact that Eleni had been brutalized, other evidence was harder to explain. There were deep trails in the sand around her body. Stevie wasn’t sure if anyone else had realized their implications, but she had. Someone had dragged Eleni under that palm tree and propped her up to be found like that. It was no suicide. Which only left one answer.

“I can’t believe we just left her out there.”

Monique’s voice was quiet, almost not making its way across the room to Stevie’s ears. Stevie’s chest tightened as she looked at her. Her eyes were glued to the kitchen tile floor, her presence as timid and lost as her voice. It was clear to Stevie

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