After the Storm by Prism Book Group

Author:Prism Book Group
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: romance, love, suspense, mystery, inspirational, short story, free

CHAPTER FOUR

Rachel awoke with her head aching and a queasy stomach. Other parts of her hurt as well. It took her more than a few minutes to assess her situation. Masking tape held her hands together behind her back. Her feet were wrapped with the same. She sat on the couch and beside her was Luke, but he didn’t move. In fact, he seemed to be barely breathing. However, he had not been bound with tape.

“Luke,” she whispered. “Are you all right?”

He did not answer her.

Terror spiraled through her. She struggled with her bonds, but while masking tape did not have the strength of duct tape, Gage had used a ton of it. Still, she picked at it with her fingernails, but she was so nervous, her fingers kept slipping.

The light in the room had been turned off, but in the glow of the streetlight outside, she could see Gage pulling the grill into the room. He closed the glass door to the balcony and pulled the grill nearer to the counter.

“Untie me, you creep.”

Gage did not look up from his task. He disconnected the rubber hose on the propane tank. “Scream and I knock you out again.”

Panic tightened in her throat, but she decided to try reasoning with him. “Look, I don’t care what you were doing in this apartment. I know you’re angry with Luke because he fired you—”

“He handed me a new opportunity.” Gage straightened. Even in the dim light she could see his wide smile. “I’d thank him but I hit him harder than I hit you.”

He went to the refrigerator and took out a package of meat. Opening it, he laid some pork chops on the grill. “Everyone knows you’re not supposed to grill inside, but it’s looking like rain again.”

“You’re going to asphyxiate us?”

“Too many clues left behind if I did that.”

The horror of what he intended dawned on her, but she could do nothing more than say a fast prayer. Meanwhile, he continued to set up the scene. He put wineglasses on the coffee table and poured red wine into them.

“It will be a sad, but touching scene.”

“Why are you doing this? He fired you over a personality issue. It happens to a lot of employees. You can get another job. You’re good at what you do.”

“I never expected praise from you. It seems insincere under the circumstances.”

“I never did anything to you.”

“You turned me down last night when I wanted to take you out.”

“That’s not a reason to kill me.”

“What’s one less female when all’s said and done?” It was his gleeful manner that sent cold dread into her bones. Had he murdered those two women? How could he? He was so fastidious. After all, he didn’t want her to mess up his car.

She wrestled against nausea. There were ways to murder people that did not involve much of a mess. He was going to kill her and Luke. What did it matter if she made a giant leap of logic? She had made progress on the masking tape, but not enough to free herself.

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