‘Don’t know yet, just keep it in your garage, I suppose, until I think of something. I just wanted to keep it, that’s all.’
‘No problem, man. I hear you.’
We climbed into the gas-guzzler, and as it roared into life I took my last look. I was never coming back. I’d done everything I needed, these past few months – apart from sorting myself out, of course.
Josh hit the main and headed home to Laurel. ‘So, what you going to do in that apartment of yours? Just bang your head against the wall? C’mon, why not stay, just for the night?’
‘I’m thinking about going away for a few months. Don’t know why. I just want to pack, get a few things organized . . .’
He gave that all-knowing nod. He knew very well why I was going, and where.
The digger might have knocked the house down, but it couldn’t erase the video. And now I had a couple of new sequences to add to the collection. A good few more cold and sweaty nights lay ahead if I didn’t get my life of shit together. I’d thought a lot about going back to Dr Hughes. The zoo gates had really burst open this time, and the animals were going wild. Maybe she could help me.
The dash clock said 11:58 as I got out my cell and checked the signal.
Josh was impressed. ‘You getting the hang of those things at last?’
‘Just expecting a call, that’s all.’
Dead on midday, my cell rang. When George gave a time, he carved it in stone. ‘That house business go OK, son?’
‘Yeah, left a few minutes ago.’
‘Good. I can’t let you go to England. Strange things can happen in therapy. The security risk is too great.’
My body slumped. Even admitting you needed help was a fight.
‘But here’s the deal, son. There’s someone I know here. He’s a good man and understands work situations like ours. Hey, he’s even helped me in the past. And you’ll be getting the benefit of that pension fund earlier than you thought. The guy’s exorbitant.’
‘Thanks, George.’
‘No need, son. The fact is, I still haven’t found anyone better. And you aren’t quite dead yet.’
Table of Contents
Cover
About the Author
Copyright
Dark Winter
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
Chapter 11
Chapter 12
Chapter 13
Chapter 14
Chapter 15
Chapter 16
Chapter 17
Chapter 18
Chapter 19
Chapter 20
Chapter 21
Chapter 22
Chapter 24
Chapter 25
Chapter 26
Chapter 27
Chapter 28
Chapter 29
Chapter 30
Chapter 31
Chapter 32
Chapter 33
Chapter 34
Chapter 35
Chapter 36
Chapter 37
Chapter 38
Chapter 39
Chapter 40
Chapter 41
Chapter 42
Chapter 43
Chapter 44
Chapter 46
Chapter 47
Chapter 48
Chapter 49
Chapter 50
Chapter 51
Chapter 52
Chapter 53
Chapter 54
Chapter 55
Chapter 56
Chapter 57
Chapter 58
Chapter 59
Chapter 60
Chapter 61
Chapter 62