Wicked Moon: A Vampire for Hire Novel by J. R. Rain & Matthew S. Cox

Author:J. R. Rain & Matthew S. Cox [Rain, J. R. & Cox, Matthew S.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Rain Press
Published: 2021-07-07T22:00:00+00:00

Chapter Nineteen

Escapee

Vexing as my current ‘big case’ is, the nice thing about investigating a death after the fact is the lack of urgency.

It might sound insensitive or cruel to say Vincent Stafford won’t get any deader, but it’s the reality. Sure, there’s an element of time involved. Clues dry up and go away the longer any case goes unsolved. However, it’s not like I’ve been hired to find a missing person who might still be alive—and each passing hour reduces the odds of finding them alive. I hate those cases. So much stress.

Sometimes, an investigator really has exhausted all options for everything they can actively do to solve a case and it comes down to a little patience. I can’t help but feel something is going to happen soon. The universe is giving me this subconscious message that I’ve knocked something loose somewhere… like one of those elaborate set ups with the marbles that roll from one station to another, knock stuff over, move a ball that falls into a bucket, which slides off a block and swings into another ball, sending it rolling down a track and so on.

Right now, I only need to wait for the mechanism to run its course.

It’s Thursday, and I’m home again after putting in a day at the office. The day went by quick thanks to a giant warehouse in LA needing a bunch of background checks on a group of prospective new-hires. They evidently handle expensive electronics like computers and massive TVs, so they don’t want to employ anyone with a history of theft. Makes sense to me.

Seven-ish hours of repetitive drudgery from behind a desk does eat time. I’ve never been the sort of person who recoils at such work. Hey, I used to be a HUD agent. That job was all about boring paperwork and staring at computer screens. Not exactly what I’d envisioned when the idea to become a federal agent hit me, but… whatever. Another time, another life, another Samantha Moon.

Sometimes I do occasionally wonder where I’d be if my life had been different, and by different, I mean entirely mundane—not supernatural at all. Honestly? All I have to do is look at Mary Lou and that would’ve been me. We’re pretty similar in most respects, except that her need to protect generally only extended to her family. I took it to a whole new level by joining law enforcement.

So, yeah. Downtime—sorta.

I’m waiting for something. What it is, I don’t exactly know. My gut is biding its time. I no longer really think Dianne played a part in her husband’s death. I still believe Vincent’s death did not occur due to natural causes, more so now even with the wife telling me his decline matched the symptoms of toxic mercury poisoning.

The idea she, in fact, did kill him and is playing a role right now is damn near unthinkable to me. If so, she’s the coldest, most calculating, emotionless monster on the face of the Earth… and I say that knowing health insurance companies exist.

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