Share
Chapter 13
Chapter 13
Leila couldn’t dwell on her dilemma, because Sterling’s very life was at stake here. She could figure out the other stuff later. This came first.
“Could you at least stay long enough to look over our suspect list? And we still need to come up with a timeline of events that night,” said Leila to Zenia.
Sterling broke his deep gaze with her. Did he actually look disappointed that she didn’t want Zenia to leave them alone? He slid his handwritten list to Leila. Her eyes scanned the names. No surprises, nearly all regulars. Forty or so names she knew of, though she didn’t know hardly any of them very well.
“Alright,” Zenia conceded, “but I’m going to need another drink.”
&n
Related chapters
Bad Moon On The Rise Chapter 14
Chapter 14 Waiting to find an image of a killer turned out to be fairly anticlimactic and tedious, as Sterling had to scroll through over a year’s worth of images captured by the pond. It was a good thing Titus Mount had sprung for a top-of-the-line model with battery power lasting almost two years. Lots of patrons from the bar liked to fish at the pond. Leila began to be able to pick out the regulars and identify many of the faces. Henry Blaine and Frank Potter seemed to be the most avid fisherman in the group, but Amos Fox, and Gerald Travis had also cast many lines in. Amos and Henry often fished together it seemed, before the sun even peeked fully over the horizon. Occasionally, a whole family would be captured with their picnic baskets and fishing rods. Or a couple which had moseyed out of the bar for a moonlight walk at the water’s edge. Deliveries made to the bar came around the other side of the building opposite to the pond where the gravel path was wider to
Bad Moon On The Rise Chapter 15
Chapter 15 Not that Leila didn’t enjoy being entangled in Sterling Mount, she had many fantasies surrounding him that had begun exactly like this, but at the present moment he was looking at her sternly, and there was work to be done. She freed herself from the solid, warm mass of him, and took a closer look at the cell phone in her hand. “Holy fuck! Nice work! Let’s get that shit in rice ASAP!” said Zenia. Beside her on the edge of the pond, Sterling maneuvered himself into a sitting position, before he placed a hand firmly on Leila’s shoulder, and forced her eyes to meet his. Despite the seriousness of the situation, she couldn’t help but notice the way his sodden t-shirt clung to his tight body. She also became aware how nearly transparent her own white sundress had become and was thankful she had chosen to wear a bra this morning. Well maybe, thankful anyway. “That was reckless and dangerous Leila! I appreciate your effort but promise me you won’t
Bad Moon On The Rise Chapter 16
Chapter 16 Sterling moaned. A heady sound that made the wetness between Leila’s legs spread even more. His swollen lips reclaimed hers with a new vigor and his hands cupped beneath her ass to lift her feet off the ground. She wrapped her legs around his waist, could feel the swell of him. He carried her across the lot and towards the bar. Their lips scarcely parted as he pulled open the cracked back door with his foot. Sterling carried her towards the counter and set her against it. Leila had fantasized about this very thing countless times. He kissed and licked his way down her neck, taking delicate care to kiss every inch it seemed. She moaned in ecstasy while her hands slipped beneath his shirt, feeling every firm ridge, every dip, then lower, flirting with the hem of his pajama pants. This was really happening! Sterling Mount was about to take Leila on the bar just like she had so often fantasized. She was tempted to pinch herself, but if this was just a
Bad Moon On The Rise Chapter 17
Chapter 17 Leila’s first call was to Gerald, but there was no answer. She left him a message with the number to her cell and asked him to return the call to her phone instead. Peggy was second on her list, but the old bag was rude and short. No, she would not be willing to meet with Leila this afternoon, as it was bingo night. Peggy got to the local catholic church bingo hall a couple hours early to chain smoke and gossip with the other old busybodies around Stillwater before the games began. And that was that. Leila had better luck when she rang up Kacey Jo. Kacey Jo worked part time at the Cut’ N’ Curl salon in Stillwater and promised to fit Leila in between her evening appointments. It was rumored she could also be found some nights dancing at the Stomping Ground gentleman’s club over in the next town called Sweet Water. Leila didn’t know the girl too well as they often worked alternative shifts and Kacey Jo only worked at the bar part-time. But
Bad Moon On The Rise Chapter 18
Chapter 18 Leila emerged from the Cut’ N’ Curl and ran a hand over her “trim”. Kacey Jo had taken off at least four or five inches and cut it into choppy waves. Not that it looked bad, but Leila was accustomed to long hair that touched the middle of her back. It seemed men liked long hair on a girl to run their fingers through. She wondered what Sterling would think of her new hairdo. When she had first run away from the Blackwood pack, she’d considered trying to change her appearance. Had even dyed her hair for a while. But that was really pointless when your ex could track you by your scent. She still had the nightmares sometimes, even after two years, of what would happen if Ulric found her. His punishment would be severe, and then he would also turn her over to the pack when he was done with her. She would never have the chance to escape again, if she even survived the punishment of the pack in the first
Bad Moon On The Rise Chapter 19
Being in town only a month, Leila didn’t know all that much about Gary Kline. He was closing in on forty-five and had thinning hair he dyed to get rid of the grey peppered in what was left of it. He kept his face shaved and he was surprisingly thin in comparison to most of his bulging belly friends. It was attributed to runs and an occasional trip to the gym as he’d often spouted off at the bar about how his wife made him eat “grass and rabbit food.”He had used to be a fisherman for a living alongside his buddies who drank with him every Friday night. But fishing hadn’t made enough money to appease his wife, Denise who was a stay-at-home mom for their three, rowdy kids So, Gary had taken a job at the steel plant instead. Apparently, an increased salary wasn’t the only perk of the new job.Leila knew even less about Heather Derringer. Nothing in fact, she just hoped Gerald was right about Leila being able to recognize her by
Bad Moon On The Rise Chapter 20
Chapter 20Her stakeout would definitely happen tonight, but right now, Leila’s work here wasn’t done. She returned to her truck and moved it closer to the building now that the lot wasn’t as crowded. She waved to another bar regular she noticed, though she pretended to be on her phone to avoid a conversation with the man. His name had also not been on the list of patrons there that night. It was times like these Leila wished her truck wasn’t a piece of shit as she cracked her windows and fanned herself. Sweat was sliding down into the cracks and crevices of her body and she could feel her bare legs sticking to the seat.Right now, she should have been in the post-coital bliss of fucking Sterling for the first time, perhaps even having a round two. She had been so close to her orgasm, it should have been a crime when the sheriff interrupted, coitus interruptus, that bastard! And Leila hadn’t even been able to properly taste Sterling either
Bad Moon On The Rise Chapter 21
Chapter 21 Heather left Leila with lots of things to think over, but for now she decided her best course of action was go home, feed herself, get some rest, and prepare for her stakeout at the bar tonight. If Gary Kline really had nothing to hide, then he wouldn’t show up at the bar to try and find those fake security tapes. Perhaps her diligence would pay off in other ways too. Maybe Gary would lead her to other clues? It seemed a long stretch, but if the man was spooked enough, guilty of more than just an affair, maybe he would go searching the pond to retrieve a phone for evidence per say?Leila grabbed some takeout on the way, as she was in no mood to mess with cooking, or anything that required much effort tonight. She was already feeling the effects of the mental and physical exhaustion her body had been put through over the last few days. She knew that poor Sterling was experiencing it even worse no doubt, but like hell was she goi
Latest chapter
