“What’s the matter?” Jack asked, brushing her shoulder with the pad of his big thumb as soon as the others were out of sight. “I think I’m wondering why I’m still here,” she said, folding her arms and looking away. There was a crack in the wall; she looked at that. “If you want to…
Author: kisupure
The Beast of Bell Island #26
“Oh goody,” Brooke said flatly as she stared at the news footage playing on the great room’s enormous screen. “We’re on TV.” Before them was a live feed from one of the helicopters as it slowly loitered about the airspace above the island. They had the entire house in the camera’s sights, as well as…
The Beast of Bell Island #25
Brooke had a hard time falling asleep. She tossed and turned, asked Amos for another nightcap, drank it down, and tossed and turned some more. But eventually she settled into an uneasy sleep, and when she woke up the next morning, she felt like she’d been hit by a bus. The clock on the nightstand…
The Beast of Bell Island #24
Brooke was left with the thought for the next hour as Jack continued to meet with his lawyer. “Care about someone else,” she murmured to herself as she chewed on the end of the pen and spun around in the chair. Her stomach was in knots from thinking about it. From thinking about how… that…
The Beast of Bell Island #23
Brooke was almost done cleaning the room when she was notified of her father calling the house. The Amos unit had started helping by taking the old clothes, which were well on their way to becoming little musty carpets of moss and mold, and put them into garbage bags. Then it paused and stood up…
The Beast of Bell Island #22
“…my god,” Jack’s lawyer said as she approached the house. He and Brooke were waiting anxiously at the front entrance; he was pacing and rubbing at his scratchy chin. “Jack?” “It’s, ah… good to see you, Michelle,” the giant Russian said with a smile that looked a little more like a wince. The woman, dressed…
The Beast of Bell Island #21
Jack had found a bottle of something and was guzzling it down like water. “My lawyer should be here in a couple of hours,” he said, running a nervous hand through his chin-length hair. “She dropped everything to see me.” “She’s a good lawyer, yeah?” “Very good. She’s helped me with everything from libel to…
The Beast of Bell Island #20
About an hour later, Brooke went with Jack to find Patel and bring him back to the house. It wasn’t hard, as he was screaming himself hoarse for help as he lay on the mossy dirt in a pathetic paralyzed heap. Jack made a face as he picked Patel up by the ankles. Brooke snorted….
The Beast of Bell Island #19
Amos said nothing as the gate unlocked and the two stepped through. Brooke was prepared to lead the way, but Patel walked right on past her as if he owned the place. Maybe, when all was said and done, he was hoping to. In fact, he completely ignored her as they made their way up to the…
The Beast of Bell Island #18
Brooke went upstairs to take a shower, feeling like several of Jack’s million bucks. She hummed a song and stepped out, fresh, clean, and ready to tackle the day. Well, maybe not tackle the day; there wasn’t much to tackle until – “Good morning, Miss Foster,” Amos said from the wall. “I apologize for interrupting,…