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Aurina's boyfriend--"
"-- Ex -boyfriend,"
"Right--I
know he helped this guy Jeremy kill three girls about your age. I know she had
no idea, and that David confessed to her, to the both of you, that there was
another guy." Max finally looked at Ryanne, her blue eyes sparkling. “I
know that this other guy was out to hurt you. Or is now
anyway."
"Hurt us ."
"Well,
I've heard that during your visit, David seemed to be scared for you." The
Chief hadn’t actually told Max this so much as he had read it in one of Jones’
reports sent over the previous night. Max was eager to receive the rest of the
files.
"I
was there. I would know. David was worried for both of us."
"Okay,
well, I'm just telling you what I've been told. Seems Jones
has been on the case for the past three years." Max said.
He
had thought about the case the previous night while he sat out front of the
girl’s home on shift, and about what might have happened if Ryanne hadn't been
with her sister when they tried to get a confession from David.
Ryanne
stared out the window and started playing with her hair. Max turned the radio
on. Hard rock blasted through the speakers, and he switched the station to a
slower country song. From the corner of his eye, he saw Ryanne shudder.
"Sorry,
too cold?" Max asked, and turned the AC off completely. She sat in silence
watching the windshield wipers steady rhythm. "Listen, I'm sorry for what's
happening to you and your sister."
“Do
you have any siblings?”
“Yeah, an older sister. She lives in
Camden with her husband.”
“You
guys close?”
“We
get along really well, my whole family does, but don’t see each other that
often.”
“Yeah,
Rina and I didn’t either for a while until this summer when I came back home
from school. Where do you live?"
“Here
in Dersten with my parents. They have a nice piece of property just east of
town. I’ve been with the Police for a little more than a year now, and after
I’ve saved enough I’ll probably move to Camden too and commute to work.” He
pulled out a picture from his wallet."She's pregnant, so I'm going to be
an Uncle."
Ryanne
took a look at the family picture and smiled. “Nice picture. She must be due
any time now.”
Max
nodded.
"Do
you get along with your brother-in-law?" She handed the picture back to
him.
“Yeah,
Steve’s a pretty good guy.” Max put his wallet back into the middle console,
and turned the windshield wipers up to full power. "My whole family's excited for the baby."
"That's
something nice to look forward to." Ryanne smiled at Max, but before he turned
to her, she looked away to a field on her right with cows lying down in the
grass.
They
passed a few more farms, before Ryanne broke the silence.
“Were
you told about how those girls were killed?” Max was convinced she was
preoccupied with the murders, and began to wonder how she was dealing with it
all.
“No,
but I’ll be finding out soon enough.”
“The
news said they were strangulated.”
Ryanne
spoke without looking at him; she looked at the rear-view mirror.
"I
know a place we can go that helps when I want to take my mind off things.”
Ryanne
turned to him with a smile and sat up slightly in her seat.
Chapter 12
Burrows
nodded to the officer parked against the curb, as Jones pulled the car into the
driveway.
"Would
you get an update from Jarrod before you come in?"
Burrows
gave a quick nod, and hopped out of the car.
Jones
walked along the stone path to the front door, where Mr. Patrick stood, and saw
his gaze follow Burrows to the other squad car.
"Mr.
Patrick, Inspector Jones. Nice to meet you sir, and apologies
for the circumstances." Jones extended his hand, and Mr. Patrick
opened the door, and shook it firmly before Jones stepped inside.
"Mrs.
Patrick." Inspector Jones nodded when he saw the woman who was the
spitting image of a grown up Ryanne. She sat at the kitchen table, and gave him
a half-hearted smile as her husband ushered Jones to take
"-- Ex -boyfriend,"
"Right--I
know he helped this guy Jeremy kill three girls about your age. I know she had
no idea, and that David confessed to her, to the both of you, that there was
another guy." Max finally looked at Ryanne, her blue eyes sparkling. “I
know that this other guy was out to hurt you. Or is now
anyway."
"Hurt us ."
"Well,
I've heard that during your visit, David seemed to be scared for you." The
Chief hadn’t actually told Max this so much as he had read it in one of Jones’
reports sent over the previous night. Max was eager to receive the rest of the
files.
"I
was there. I would know. David was worried for both of us."
"Okay,
well, I'm just telling you what I've been told. Seems Jones
has been on the case for the past three years." Max said.
He
had thought about the case the previous night while he sat out front of the
girl’s home on shift, and about what might have happened if Ryanne hadn't been
with her sister when they tried to get a confession from David.
Ryanne
stared out the window and started playing with her hair. Max turned the radio
on. Hard rock blasted through the speakers, and he switched the station to a
slower country song. From the corner of his eye, he saw Ryanne shudder.
"Sorry,
too cold?" Max asked, and turned the AC off completely. She sat in silence
watching the windshield wipers steady rhythm. "Listen, I'm sorry for what's
happening to you and your sister."
“Do
you have any siblings?”
“Yeah, an older sister. She lives in
Camden with her husband.”
“You
guys close?”
“We
get along really well, my whole family does, but don’t see each other that
often.”
“Yeah,
Rina and I didn’t either for a while until this summer when I came back home
from school. Where do you live?"
“Here
in Dersten with my parents. They have a nice piece of property just east of
town. I’ve been with the Police for a little more than a year now, and after
I’ve saved enough I’ll probably move to Camden too and commute to work.” He
pulled out a picture from his wallet."She's pregnant, so I'm going to be
an Uncle."
Ryanne
took a look at the family picture and smiled. “Nice picture. She must be due
any time now.”
Max
nodded.
"Do
you get along with your brother-in-law?" She handed the picture back to
him.
“Yeah,
Steve’s a pretty good guy.” Max put his wallet back into the middle console,
and turned the windshield wipers up to full power. "My whole family's excited for the baby."
"That's
something nice to look forward to." Ryanne smiled at Max, but before he turned
to her, she looked away to a field on her right with cows lying down in the
grass.
They
passed a few more farms, before Ryanne broke the silence.
“Were
you told about how those girls were killed?” Max was convinced she was
preoccupied with the murders, and began to wonder how she was dealing with it
all.
“No,
but I’ll be finding out soon enough.”
“The
news said they were strangulated.”
Ryanne
spoke without looking at him; she looked at the rear-view mirror.
"I
know a place we can go that helps when I want to take my mind off things.”
Ryanne
turned to him with a smile and sat up slightly in her seat.
Chapter 12
Burrows
nodded to the officer parked against the curb, as Jones pulled the car into the
driveway.
"Would
you get an update from Jarrod before you come in?"
Burrows
gave a quick nod, and hopped out of the car.
Jones
walked along the stone path to the front door, where Mr. Patrick stood, and saw
his gaze follow Burrows to the other squad car.
"Mr.
Patrick, Inspector Jones. Nice to meet you sir, and apologies
for the circumstances." Jones extended his hand, and Mr. Patrick
opened the door, and shook it firmly before Jones stepped inside.
"Mrs.
Patrick." Inspector Jones nodded when he saw the woman who was the
spitting image of a grown up Ryanne. She sat at the kitchen table, and gave him
a half-hearted smile as her husband ushered Jones to take
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