The Red String of Fate by Rebekah Fowles

Author:Rebekah Fowles [Fowles, Rebekah]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-12-14T22:00:00+00:00

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Vee’s knee bounced as they awaited the response from Detective Bimmel. It had been nearly 30 minutes, and she wasn’t quite sure if she could handle the suspense anymore. Sylvie had gone back to working on some papers, and Landon retreated into his office at the back. The blinds were open over the mostly-glass walls. He didn’t appear to be working on anything, but he seemed particularly lost in thought, staring out the window. Vee wondered if it would be alright for her to intrude.

Only, what would she even do in there? When it came down to it, she had nothing to say, or nothing to ask. There was already so much to take in from their conversation in the car. In the end, she just wanted to be closer to him, and admitting something like that was too much for her to handle. In the short amount of time they had gotten to know each other, Vee found herself enraptured by his presence. Despite knowing it was nothing more than a schoolgirl crush, she felt like Landon had made an effort to get to know her more than any other person she knew, minus her parents. It was a silly thing, which is why she didn’t entertain the thought any more than that, but it was intoxicating nonetheless. It made her grateful that he couldn’t see his own strings, or else he’d probably keep an even stronger distance.

“How are you feeling?”

Sylvie’s soft voice drew Vee out of her thoughts, and Vee realized she had been clenching her fists. She probably looked pretty silly sitting on that sofa.

“Ah, fine,” Vee said. “Thanks for asking.”

Sylvie stood up and joined her on the sofa. “It’s okay,” she said, a sorry expression on her face. “I understand how scary it is to be pursued by a criminal. It’s not something anyone should go through.”

Vee watched as Sylvie looked coldly into nowhere. She had been given the same story as the police and the hospital by extension—which was mostly the truth—but didn’t include all the strange, supernatural details accompanying the situation. Landon had received a request from Lyndzi, went to go check it out, found a pool of blood in the abandoned house’s cellar, and went to investigate. He decided to take a look through the forest before heading down, and discovered the pretty obvious path the supposed killer took through the trees. When it came out to the river, he took a dive to see if he could find anything, and when he did, he took it upon himself to pull it up. After doing so, Vee miraculously regained consciousness, and the whole ordeal was written off as some kind of extended coma and cold water preservation.

Everyone had been incredibly respectful and aloof when approaching the topic, but Sylvie had just presented an additional level of understanding. “You’ve been targeted too?” Vee said.

Sylvie nodded. “It happened about a year ago. It’s how I started working for Mr. Clawson.”

That made sense to Vee.

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