man. How about that trip to the coffee shop I promised you?” she asked after the car was all locked up again. It was only a few hundred yards down the street and there was no point moving the car so they walked hand in hand, with Kat introducing him to the town as they went.
Eighteen
He’d hoped the boy would be found dead in the woods. He’d suffered quite a beating at the last match and he’d hoped that that, combined with the fact that he was very weak anyway , would have assured that he didn’t make it. But he’d just been told that not only was he still alive but he’d been found and taken to the police. He was furious. Nothing like this had ever happened before and now, because of a stupid mistake by one of his men, the whole operation was in jeopardy.
“What has he told them ?” he demanded of the person on the other end of the phone. His hand gripped the phone tightly; his next move depended on the answer to his question.
“N othing. I mean, obviously he’s told them about the operation but he hasn’t told them anything that could lead them to you. He doesn’t know anything to tell them, does he?”
“No.” He wracked his brain to try and think if there was anything at all he could tell them that would lead them back to him but he couldn’t think of anything.
“ Okay, keep me updated.” He disconnected the call, dropping the phone on the kitchen table in disgust. He could lose everything and it all depended on whether the boy knew anything or not. Who knew what he could have overheard that could give them just the clue they needed to get back to him? That thought made him angrier than he ever thought possible.
Looking around , he took in the kitchen which had barely changed in sixty years. Even the cabinets were the same ones that had been there throughout his childhood. This farm had been in his family for decades and now he could lose it all.
There was only one thing to do. The boy. He couldn’t leave him out there. Although he didn’t think he knew anything, he wasn’t absolutely sure. No, he was a loose end that needed to be dealt with, and soon.
Nineteen
They were s itting in the coffee shop, enjoying the milkshake she’d promised him, when her phone rang. Smiling at Daniel, she checked the screen and saw that it was Finn. Hoping for news, she answered quickly.
“Hey , Kat, are you still in town or are you back home already?”
“We’re across the road having a milkshake.”
She listened as he explained about what he had discovered so far and about the pictures he wanted Daniel to have a look through.
“I’m not sure , Finn.” She looked at where Daniel was concentrating hard on his drink and lowered her voice. “I’m not sure how he’ll take it.”
She heard him sigh on the other end of the phone. “I know , Kat, and believe me, if I didn’t have to I wouldn’t even ask. I hate the idea of putting him through any more but it could help and at this point we need all the help we can get.”
She knew he was right but it tore at her heart to have to put him through any more distress. But they had no choice ; they needed to find out as much as they could about the monster who had done this. Agreeing to meet him at the station after they’d finished up, she put the phone away and turned her attention back to Daniel.
“Are you enjoying that?” She smiled, taking in the milky moustache that he now sported on his top lip. He just nodded and concentrated on scooping the foam from the bottom of the glass with a long handled spoon. “I’m just gonna go to the bathroom, okay?” She pointed to the door on the other side of the shop. “It’s just over there”. Daniel had to twist in his chair and look behind him to see where she was pointing. “Is that okay?”
“Ye ah.”
Sliding out of the booth , Kat headed for the bathroom, turning as she got near to check on him over her shoulder. She needn’t have worried; the milkshake had his complete
Eighteen
He’d hoped the boy would be found dead in the woods. He’d suffered quite a beating at the last match and he’d hoped that that, combined with the fact that he was very weak anyway , would have assured that he didn’t make it. But he’d just been told that not only was he still alive but he’d been found and taken to the police. He was furious. Nothing like this had ever happened before and now, because of a stupid mistake by one of his men, the whole operation was in jeopardy.
“What has he told them ?” he demanded of the person on the other end of the phone. His hand gripped the phone tightly; his next move depended on the answer to his question.
“N othing. I mean, obviously he’s told them about the operation but he hasn’t told them anything that could lead them to you. He doesn’t know anything to tell them, does he?”
“No.” He wracked his brain to try and think if there was anything at all he could tell them that would lead them back to him but he couldn’t think of anything.
“ Okay, keep me updated.” He disconnected the call, dropping the phone on the kitchen table in disgust. He could lose everything and it all depended on whether the boy knew anything or not. Who knew what he could have overheard that could give them just the clue they needed to get back to him? That thought made him angrier than he ever thought possible.
Looking around , he took in the kitchen which had barely changed in sixty years. Even the cabinets were the same ones that had been there throughout his childhood. This farm had been in his family for decades and now he could lose it all.
There was only one thing to do. The boy. He couldn’t leave him out there. Although he didn’t think he knew anything, he wasn’t absolutely sure. No, he was a loose end that needed to be dealt with, and soon.
Nineteen
They were s itting in the coffee shop, enjoying the milkshake she’d promised him, when her phone rang. Smiling at Daniel, she checked the screen and saw that it was Finn. Hoping for news, she answered quickly.
“Hey , Kat, are you still in town or are you back home already?”
“We’re across the road having a milkshake.”
She listened as he explained about what he had discovered so far and about the pictures he wanted Daniel to have a look through.
“I’m not sure , Finn.” She looked at where Daniel was concentrating hard on his drink and lowered her voice. “I’m not sure how he’ll take it.”
She heard him sigh on the other end of the phone. “I know , Kat, and believe me, if I didn’t have to I wouldn’t even ask. I hate the idea of putting him through any more but it could help and at this point we need all the help we can get.”
She knew he was right but it tore at her heart to have to put him through any more distress. But they had no choice ; they needed to find out as much as they could about the monster who had done this. Agreeing to meet him at the station after they’d finished up, she put the phone away and turned her attention back to Daniel.
“Are you enjoying that?” She smiled, taking in the milky moustache that he now sported on his top lip. He just nodded and concentrated on scooping the foam from the bottom of the glass with a long handled spoon. “I’m just gonna go to the bathroom, okay?” She pointed to the door on the other side of the shop. “It’s just over there”. Daniel had to twist in his chair and look behind him to see where she was pointing. “Is that okay?”
“Ye ah.”
Sliding out of the booth , Kat headed for the bathroom, turning as she got near to check on him over her shoulder. She needn’t have worried; the milkshake had his complete
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