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Authors: Casey Elliot
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then….”
“Stop Jules. It’s ok,” Samantha grabbed hold of her arms. “Can’t we just…. Just sit down?”
“I’m so sorry Sammy,” Julie sat on the arm of the couch with her tears making little patter sounds on the floorboard. “It’s just such a shock… I remember Anthony so well, still think of him as a kid, though. Remember when we used to ride our bikes into the woods and pretend we were chasing bigfoot?”
Samantha started to giggle at the childhood memory.
“How could I forget? We stumbled across that homeless man who was camped out there and he scared the hell outta us,” she burst out laughing. “Yeah…. Us three used to get in all sorts of trouble.”
A silence came over the girls as they sat in quiet contemplation of the past.
“I just miss him so much,” Samantha said at last with a sniff.
“You two were always special,” Julie commiserated with her friend. “I always hated my brother.”
It was then that the phone rang and shocked the girls out of their tears.
“It’ll be the police probably, or some random aunt. I tell you, you wouldn’t believe the amount of people that come out the woodwork at a time like this.”
Samantha hurried to the phone expecting a pleasant voice on the end.
“Bitch,” came the first word and she stood frozen to the spot with her heart racing. “Your brother might be dead, but the debts not. It’s your problem now,” the voice snarled before the click of the phone sounded as the caller hung up.
For a few seconds, Samantha stood numb with the phone still clutched to her ear. She was staring into space barely believing what she just heard.
“Sammy, you ok?” Jules craned her neck over the back of the couch. “Everything ok?”
“No…. everything’s definitely not ok.”
Samantha was huddled under her coat with her hands clutching at a paper cup of coffee. The smell was bitter and it distracted her for a few seconds as she looked through the window of the double doors ahead of her. Detective Brookes was talking to Julie in the corridor and the conversation looked heated. She furrowed her brows as she guessed what they were talking about and she figured they must have been arguing over her.
Her vision was blocked when detective Cooper came into view with a pad of paper in his hand.
“Sorry about that, had to make a call. So tell me again, you’ve never heard from this person before?”
“No. This was the first time.”
“And he spoke of a debt that your brother owed?”
“Yes.”
“Any distinguishing characteristics?”
“Like what?” Samantha was becoming agitated and eager to get home.
“Like an accent? Or maybe even a stutter or speech impairment?”
“No, nothing like that.”
She sipped on her drink and tried to catch a peek around him to see Julie.
“Oh don’t worry about them,” Cooper said as he followed her gaze. “They’re just arguing over football.”
“Oh, yeah?”
“Yeah… Brookes never keeps his mouth shut once the beautiful game comes up in conversation.”
For most of the day Cooper had done his best not to think about her, but then she had to turn up at the station with that cute, tearful face of hers. He tried to act as professional as possible, even when he wanted to wrap his arms around her and kiss the tears off her cheeks.
As he pretended to scribble on his pad he looked into her hazel eyes and felt as though he was swooning. All she’d have to do was look at him the right way and he’d be all hers. Of course, she’d shown no interest in him at all and it irked him. He’d never had to work hard to impress a woman. All he had to do was stand there with his broad, muscular frame and cheeky face and they’d be all smiles and batting eyelashes. Samantha though, she was different.
“Are you finished?” her words interrupted his thoughts as she nodded to the pad on his desk. “I need to get home.”
“Oh sorry. Yeah, I think we’re all done here. If he calls again you phone me
“Stop Jules. It’s ok,” Samantha grabbed hold of her arms. “Can’t we just…. Just sit down?”
“I’m so sorry Sammy,” Julie sat on the arm of the couch with her tears making little patter sounds on the floorboard. “It’s just such a shock… I remember Anthony so well, still think of him as a kid, though. Remember when we used to ride our bikes into the woods and pretend we were chasing bigfoot?”
Samantha started to giggle at the childhood memory.
“How could I forget? We stumbled across that homeless man who was camped out there and he scared the hell outta us,” she burst out laughing. “Yeah…. Us three used to get in all sorts of trouble.”
A silence came over the girls as they sat in quiet contemplation of the past.
“I just miss him so much,” Samantha said at last with a sniff.
“You two were always special,” Julie commiserated with her friend. “I always hated my brother.”
It was then that the phone rang and shocked the girls out of their tears.
“It’ll be the police probably, or some random aunt. I tell you, you wouldn’t believe the amount of people that come out the woodwork at a time like this.”
Samantha hurried to the phone expecting a pleasant voice on the end.
“Bitch,” came the first word and she stood frozen to the spot with her heart racing. “Your brother might be dead, but the debts not. It’s your problem now,” the voice snarled before the click of the phone sounded as the caller hung up.
For a few seconds, Samantha stood numb with the phone still clutched to her ear. She was staring into space barely believing what she just heard.
“Sammy, you ok?” Jules craned her neck over the back of the couch. “Everything ok?”
“No…. everything’s definitely not ok.”
Samantha was huddled under her coat with her hands clutching at a paper cup of coffee. The smell was bitter and it distracted her for a few seconds as she looked through the window of the double doors ahead of her. Detective Brookes was talking to Julie in the corridor and the conversation looked heated. She furrowed her brows as she guessed what they were talking about and she figured they must have been arguing over her.
Her vision was blocked when detective Cooper came into view with a pad of paper in his hand.
“Sorry about that, had to make a call. So tell me again, you’ve never heard from this person before?”
“No. This was the first time.”
“And he spoke of a debt that your brother owed?”
“Yes.”
“Any distinguishing characteristics?”
“Like what?” Samantha was becoming agitated and eager to get home.
“Like an accent? Or maybe even a stutter or speech impairment?”
“No, nothing like that.”
She sipped on her drink and tried to catch a peek around him to see Julie.
“Oh don’t worry about them,” Cooper said as he followed her gaze. “They’re just arguing over football.”
“Oh, yeah?”
“Yeah… Brookes never keeps his mouth shut once the beautiful game comes up in conversation.”
For most of the day Cooper had done his best not to think about her, but then she had to turn up at the station with that cute, tearful face of hers. He tried to act as professional as possible, even when he wanted to wrap his arms around her and kiss the tears off her cheeks.
As he pretended to scribble on his pad he looked into her hazel eyes and felt as though he was swooning. All she’d have to do was look at him the right way and he’d be all hers. Of course, she’d shown no interest in him at all and it irked him. He’d never had to work hard to impress a woman. All he had to do was stand there with his broad, muscular frame and cheeky face and they’d be all smiles and batting eyelashes. Samantha though, she was different.
“Are you finished?” her words interrupted his thoughts as she nodded to the pad on his desk. “I need to get home.”
“Oh sorry. Yeah, I think we’re all done here. If he calls again you phone me
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