R. E. Bradshaw - Rainey Nights by R. E. Bradshaw

Author:R. E. Bradshaw [R. E. Bradshaw]
Language: spa
Format: epub
Publisher: R. E. Bradshaw Books
Published: 2011-08-26T23:00:00+00:00

Chapter ten

Rainey didn’t fall apart when Katie shut the door, at least not right away. She sat on the couch, the open bottle of bourbon on the table in front of her, shot glass in her hand. She knocked back another shot and watched the minutes tick by on the DVR display. When enough time had passed, she picked up her cell phone and dialed Katie’s parents. This was not a phone call she wanted to make, but she had to. After the third ring, Katie’s father answered the phone.

“Hello,” said the now familiar voice of Timothy Meyers.

“Mr. Meyers, this is Rainey.” He had asked her to call him Tim, but it didn’t seem appropriate at the time.

“I suspected you would be calling when Katie arrived here in a puddle of tears. Would you mind telling me what’s going on? We can’t get anything out of Katie, she’s so distraught.”

Rainey felt her own tears just below the surface. She was relieved that Katie was safe at her parents’ home in Durham, but the magnitude of Katie’s leaving was tearing at Rainey’s heart. She told herself she only had to hold it together a few more minutes. She focused on her mission, and said. “Mr. Meyers…”

He interrupted her, “Please, call me Tim. You’re family, now, even if there appears to be a problem with that, at the moment.”

Rainey began again, “Tim, I need to tell you a few things. I’ll let Katie tell you why she left me, but I need you to know that your family isn’t safe.”

Suddenly more serious, Tim said, “I’m listening.”

“A man I put in prison has information about you and your wife, as well as Katie. He now has a man on the outside who may be coming after me and the people I care about. He has killed two women so far, but I believe, and so does the FBI, that I am his main target. I was informed this evening that he knows who you all are and most likely where you live.”

Rainey heard Katie’s voice choked with tears. “If that’s Rainey, just hang up,” she shouted, “I don’t want to talk to her.”

A searing knife of pain cut through Rainey. It was all she could do to keep from losing it.

She heard Tim say, “Katie, I know you are upset, but I need to talk to Rainey. Please, go back in the kitchen with your mother.”

Rainey had to get the rest out, before she lost control. “I’m going to ask the police to put a car in front of your house. I don’t want anything to happen to any of you, because of me.”

She could hear Tim breathing on the other end of the phone. She let him absorb the information.

Finally, he spoke, “Rainey, do I need to get my family out of town?”

“That wouldn’t be a bad idea,” Rainey answered.

“What about you? Is someone watching you?”

Rainey genuinely liked Katie’s father. His concern for her welfare was characteristic of the kind of man he was.

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