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Authors: Kathi S. Barton
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should I know? You don’t want to tell me , but I’d really like to know.”
“One of my powers is the gift of longevity. It doesn’t make you immortal, not until I convert you , but you can live a lot longer than the average person, or wolf in this case.” She knew she wasn’t going to like where this wa s going , but he continued before she could tell him to stop. “I’ve given it to your family, all but your mom. She wouldn’t let me.”
“Why? Wait, don’t tell me. She said she wanted to join D ad, didn’t she? I can see her doing that.” Holly nodded. “Yes, I can see that. She really misses him a great deal.”
He laughed. “And you’re al l right with this? I thought you’d demand that I give it to her anyway. I thought for sure you’d say , ‘ to hell with D ad ,’ or some other bullshit like that.”
“No. I know how much M om loved D ad. I think she always will. She has told us all on many occasions that she only stayed for all of us. That she loved us all , but she really missed him.” Holly looked at Phil and wondered if she and he could have that sort of love. “What else did you need for me to know?”
“I can make people believe what I need them to. Such as the two men who were discussing the murders in the hotel bar. I had them believe they were the only two people in that room , even though I sat next to them the entire time. The older man, Gregory Hooper , has had dealings with the murderer before.” He pulled another envelope out of his jacket pocket. “Gregory told the cop, a homicide detective named Myles Kramer, that he had some information on the woman, the murderer in his room. I went up before the cop did and looked around. I even managed to make a few copies of some of the stuff he had.”
She took the envelope and opened it. The picture of the woman didn’t look familiar. She was a pretty little thing and Holly thought her too young and much too small to have done the damage that she’d done to the people in the bar. She looked up at Phil suddenly.
“She’s the rogue.” He nodded as she looked back down at the other pictures. “You said this guy, Hooper, you said he had had dealings with her before. How?”
“He was a runner for the cops at one time. When the call came in, he’d go for the experience and for the extra cash. He would pound the pavement or knock on doors to gather information then take it back to the cop in charge. He was young the first time he happened on the crime scene with his fellow officers.” She didn’t care for the way he’d said young.
“Are you telling me he’s not young now? How long…Christ, how long has it been? Years, decades? What?”
“Yes,” he said. “Decades. He had been gathering information for nearly sixty years.” Phil took out a sheet of paper from the envelope and handed it to her. “I found this on the back of one of his sheets of notes. I think it’s her. I think she has been making sure he’s been there for each of her killings to…I don’t know, taunt him.”
“Next time where the gren tye. Its prety on your eyes. TES”
Holly read it three times before she looked at Phil. “She isn’t educated. And her printing tells me that she didn’t finish a grade that would have let her learn cursive. From the picture , I’d say she has had some training i n hygiene but very little. And I would bet she cuts her own hair.” She looked up at him when he laughed. “What?”
“Nothing. What else do you see there? There is much more if you look at it. And by the way, I’d not caught the hair cutting. Thank you for that.”
She felt both stupid and prideful at his words. She looked down at the sheet again. “Is this the original?”
“No. I couldn’t take that. It might have held clues that I can’t glea n from it. But it is a very good copy of his notes about her and her note to him.” She flipped the paper over as he continued. “See the name of the hotel? That’s where she committed the
“One of my powers is the gift of longevity. It doesn’t make you immortal, not until I convert you , but you can live a lot longer than the average person, or wolf in this case.” She knew she wasn’t going to like where this wa s going , but he continued before she could tell him to stop. “I’ve given it to your family, all but your mom. She wouldn’t let me.”
“Why? Wait, don’t tell me. She said she wanted to join D ad, didn’t she? I can see her doing that.” Holly nodded. “Yes, I can see that. She really misses him a great deal.”
He laughed. “And you’re al l right with this? I thought you’d demand that I give it to her anyway. I thought for sure you’d say , ‘ to hell with D ad ,’ or some other bullshit like that.”
“No. I know how much M om loved D ad. I think she always will. She has told us all on many occasions that she only stayed for all of us. That she loved us all , but she really missed him.” Holly looked at Phil and wondered if she and he could have that sort of love. “What else did you need for me to know?”
“I can make people believe what I need them to. Such as the two men who were discussing the murders in the hotel bar. I had them believe they were the only two people in that room , even though I sat next to them the entire time. The older man, Gregory Hooper , has had dealings with the murderer before.” He pulled another envelope out of his jacket pocket. “Gregory told the cop, a homicide detective named Myles Kramer, that he had some information on the woman, the murderer in his room. I went up before the cop did and looked around. I even managed to make a few copies of some of the stuff he had.”
She took the envelope and opened it. The picture of the woman didn’t look familiar. She was a pretty little thing and Holly thought her too young and much too small to have done the damage that she’d done to the people in the bar. She looked up at Phil suddenly.
“She’s the rogue.” He nodded as she looked back down at the other pictures. “You said this guy, Hooper, you said he had had dealings with her before. How?”
“He was a runner for the cops at one time. When the call came in, he’d go for the experience and for the extra cash. He would pound the pavement or knock on doors to gather information then take it back to the cop in charge. He was young the first time he happened on the crime scene with his fellow officers.” She didn’t care for the way he’d said young.
“Are you telling me he’s not young now? How long…Christ, how long has it been? Years, decades? What?”
“Yes,” he said. “Decades. He had been gathering information for nearly sixty years.” Phil took out a sheet of paper from the envelope and handed it to her. “I found this on the back of one of his sheets of notes. I think it’s her. I think she has been making sure he’s been there for each of her killings to…I don’t know, taunt him.”
“Next time where the gren tye. Its prety on your eyes. TES”
Holly read it three times before she looked at Phil. “She isn’t educated. And her printing tells me that she didn’t finish a grade that would have let her learn cursive. From the picture , I’d say she has had some training i n hygiene but very little. And I would bet she cuts her own hair.” She looked up at him when he laughed. “What?”
“Nothing. What else do you see there? There is much more if you look at it. And by the way, I’d not caught the hair cutting. Thank you for that.”
She felt both stupid and prideful at his words. She looked down at the sheet again. “Is this the original?”
“No. I couldn’t take that. It might have held clues that I can’t glea n from it. But it is a very good copy of his notes about her and her note to him.” She flipped the paper over as he continued. “See the name of the hotel? That’s where she committed the
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