Hollow Cove
‘Well at least it has a Starbucks!’ Trey threw his head back and laughed. His laughter filled the vehicle.
His wife chuckled, she couldn’t do without her coffee. His oldest son and daughter sat in the back of the SUV. They left Florida to pursue their dream of opening their own restaurant. They had been executive chefs in Florida for years. Thankfully, the kids hadn’t opposed as much with the promise of frequent visits back.
‘Hollow Cove's wonderful although it is sleepy. One would even overlook it.’ Margret his wife had grey eyes and long blonde curly hair.
‘What kind of a place is called Hollow Cove?’ Clement mumbled.
Lindsey smirked. Clement was a year older than her, he hated the move more than she did. Lindsey didn’t mind the change of scenery. It was a huge distraction but one she didn’t mind after what her Mom told her shook her whole world. Lindsey needed peace and sleepy little Hollow Cove would provide just that.
They arrived in their new neighborhood, the sun shined through the window, drawing a smile from Lindsey’s face.
Their luggage and sentiments trailed behind them. They sold all their furniture, Margaret wanted all new stuff for the new home. The truck with the new furniture had always arrived.
Lindsey jumped out of the car. No fences, just green grass in front of every house with a porch on all of them. The houses had identical structures, but different personalities. It was a quiet neighborhood, most of the curtains were drawn. Weren’t any cars parked in the driveway.
The house they were moving into was the only one with tall brown grass and dark green paint. Lindsey eyed the bedroom with the view of the front. Surely, Clement would too.
‘Guys! Grab your stuff!’ Trey strolled into the house. The movers hauled the new furniture into the new home.
Lindsey grabbed her backpack, ignoring her suitcases. She knew what her brother was thinking and so did he.
‘Dibs on the bedroom with a front view!’ Lindsey declared.
‘Grow up Lindsey!’
Lindsey darted towards the front door. She slid under the couch being lifted into the living room and zipped up the wooden staircase.
‘Lindsey!’ Clement groaned.
She laughed. ‘You should have taken gym.’
She burst through the door and Clement barged in next. He gripped the doorframe and his knee.
‘I don’t think you’d have wanted this room anyway.’ Lindsey chuckled.
Lindsey dumped her backpack on the floor. A carpet had been ripped off the floor. Hot pink paint covered the walls. Two giant windows faced the front of the house. Lindsey noticed holes in the walls where nails had to have been to hold picture frames and a mark that indicated a bench had been under one of the windows.
‘Uh, yeah you can have it.’ Clement got up and backed out of the room. ‘I’m going to check out the rest of the house.’
Lindsey walked to the window and leaned against the frame, envisioning what her room would look like in a couple of days. The hot pink paint made her chuckle. Must have been a twelve year old’s room. The room had a bathroom and closet. The closet had white shelves and pink walls. The bathroom had a bathtub and a shower cabinet. Lindsey nodded in approval.
Later in the day the movers were still hauling and installing. The noise was getting to her and she wanted to know the town. They should have been in town a week ago but ended up arriving the week school started. Ugh, she groaned at the prospect of being the new girl.
She grabbed the car keys and found her Mom standing outside the house watching the men unload the truck. Dad helped with installation.
‘Hey sweetie, found a room?’
‘Yeah, it’s hot pink.’ Lindsey chuckled and crossed her arms.
Margaret raised her brows. ‘Hot pink? Do you want your Father to change it for you? He’s hell-bent on painting the house himself.’
Lindsey shrugged. It had grown on her in three hours.
‘I think I’ll keep it for now.’
Margaret nodded. ‘Going somewhere?’
‘Yeah, I want to see the town. I also want to find an antique store.’
‘Oh sounds fun. Go with your brother please.’
Lindsey groaned, but she agreed. She didn’t want to get lost in a different town alone.
‘Don’t… be out too late.’ Margaret’s heart had many things it still wanted to say, but the fact that Lindsey wasn’t lashing out at her enough to keep quiet. She didn’t want to break the egg.
‘I won’t Mom.’ Lindsey sighed as she hunted for her brother.
Lindsey got her driver's license three months earlier, but Clement still didn’t trust her behind the wheel.
‘Can’t believe we have school on Monday.’ Clement mumbled as he gripped the wheel.
‘Well at least you’re a senior. You won’t be there long.’ The SUV zoomed through a line of the darkest trees Lindsey had ever seen with branches that resembled bones.
They stretched and formed a forest so thick and tall she could see it from her bedroom window.
‘So aren’t you going to talk about it?’
‘Talk about what Clem?’ Lindsey squirmed.
Clement was two feet taller than her. His brown eyes were lighter than her chocolate ones. He hated the gym and Lindsey was into gymnastics. Clem played the guitar and Lindsey spent hours honing her cooking skills. Their parents were excellent chiefs, but Clem could only make fire in the kitchen.
‘I know what Mom told you.’ Clem said.
‘You didn’t know, did you?’ Lindsey snapped her head in his direction.
‘Of course not. I was only a year old when you were born. How do you feel? You’re not pissed, not sobbing, what is it?’
‘I don’t know. I… don’t feel anything.’
‘That doesn’t make any sense!’
‘Let me finish!’ She swatted him. ‘It really doesn’t feel different. Mom… she’ll always be my Mom even if she didn’t give birth to me. Plus my birth Mom was her sister. I-I just don’t know where my head is right now. I just know I wouldn’t trade what she gave me for the world.’
Margaret had dropped the bombshell on a simple Saturday morning. After sixteen years she believed it was time for Lindsey to know the truth. Trey had been with her the entire time. Lindsey didn’t have the melt down they expected which made it harder for them to handle. She couldn’t pinpoint her feelings, she would always love them but there was something bubbling in her soul that she couldn’t name.
Clem was actually her cousin which was something that sank in like a rock. They’d always been really close, he always had his arm around her shoulder.
‘Did she tell you anything about your birth Mom. I barely knew Mom had a sister.’
Lindsey chuckled. Margaret barely spoke about her sister Cami and she never called and visited either.
‘Mom said she couldn’t take care of herself much less me. Grandma and Grandpa tried to get her help but it didn’t work out she ran away and never looked back it seems. Mom took me in and never looked back.’ Lindsey's chest swelled with emotion.
Lindsey hadn’t even seen a photo of Cami.
It was the first time Lindsey spoke to someone about her situation. Her jumbled up feelings were safely tucked away in the pages of her diary none of it made sense to her but pouring it out somewhere was like removing metal from her skin.
‘What about your real Dad?’ Clem asked.
She shrugged. ‘I don’t know… Mom doesn’t know who he is… she mentioned someone, but she wasn’t sure. Trey will always be my Dad. He never treated me like I was anything less.’
Clem nodded and sensed the emotion in the air. Then his stomach growled.
‘Let’s get something to eat. I’m starving.’ Clem pulled into a diner parking lot with barely five cars parked.
The diner was called The Hollow Dinner Diner a massive cursive sign stood on top of the building. A handful of people sat scattered in the big diner. When Lindsey and Clem walked in soft music streamed from the speakers on the
‘Well at least it has a Starbucks!’ Trey threw his head back and laughed. His laughter filled the vehicle.
His wife chuckled, she couldn’t do without her coffee. His oldest son and daughter sat in the back of the SUV. They left Florida to pursue their dream of opening their own restaurant. They had been executive chefs in Florida for years. Thankfully, the kids hadn’t opposed as much with the promise of frequent visits back. ‘Hollow Cove's wonderful although it is sleepy. One would even overlook it.’ Margret his wife had grey eyes and long blonde curly hair.‘What kind of a place is called Hollow Cove?’ Clement mumbled.
Lindsey smirked. Clement was a year older than her, he hated the move more than she did. Lindsey didn’t mind the change of scenery. It was a huge distraction but one she didn’t mind after what her Mom told her shook her whole world. Lindsey needed peace and sleepy little Hollow Cove would provide just that.They arrived in their new neighborhood, the sun shined through the window, drawing a smile from Lindsey’s face.
Their luggage and sentiments trailed behind them. They sold all their furniture, Margaret wanted all new stuff for the new home. The truck with the new furniture had always arrived.Lindsey jumped out of the car. No fences, just green grass in front of every house with a porch on all of them. The houses had identical structures, but different personalities. It was a quiet neighborhood, most of the curtains were drawn. Weren’t any cars parked in the driveway.
The house they were moving into was the only one with tall brown grass and dark green paint. Lindsey eyed the bedroom with the view of the front. Surely, Clement would too.
‘Guys! Grab your stuff!’ Trey strolled into the house. The movers hauled the new furniture into the house.
Lindsey grabbed her backpack, ignoring her suitcases. She knew what her brother was thinking and so did he.
‘Dibs on the bedroom with a front view!’ Lindsey declared.
‘Grow up Lindsey!’
Lindsey darted towards the front door. She slid under the couch being lifted into the living room and zipped up the wooden staircase.
‘Lindsey!’ Clement groaned.
She laughed. ‘You should have taken gym.’
She burst through the door and Clement barged in next. He gripped the doorframe and his knee.
‘I don’t think you’d have wanted this room anyway.’ Lindsey chuckled.Lindsey dumped her backpack on the floor. A carpet had been ripped off the floor. Hot pink paint covered the walls. Two giant windows faced the front of the house. Lindsey noticed wholes in the walls were nails had to have been to hold picture frames and a mark that indicated a bench had been under one of the windows.
‘Uh, yeah you can have it.’ Clement got up and backed out of the room. ‘I’m going to check out the rest of the house.’
Lindsey walked to the window and leaned against the frame, envisioning what her room would look like in a couple of days. The hot pink paint made her chuckle. Must have been a twelve year old’s room. The room had a bathroom and closet. The closest had white shelves and pink walls. The bathroom had a bathtub and a shower cabinet. Lindsey nodded in approval.
Later in the day the movers were still hauling and installing. The noise was getting to her and she wanted to know the town. They should have been in town a week ago but ended up arriving the week school started. Ugh, she groaned at the prospect of being the new girl.
She grabbed the car keys and found her Mom standing outside the house watching the men unload the truck. Dad helped with installation.
‘Hey sweetie, found a room?’ ‘Yeah, it’s hot pink.’ Lindsey chuckled and crossed her arms. Margaret raised her brows. ‘Hot pink? Do you want your Father to change it for you? He’s hell-bent on painting the house himself.’ Lindsey shrugged. It had grown on her in three hours.‘I think I’ll keep it for now.’
Margaret nodded. ‘Going somewhere?’‘Yeah, I want to see the town. I also want to find an antique store.’
‘Oh sounds fun. Go with your brother please.’
Lindsey groaned, but she agreed she didn’t want get lost in different town alone.
‘Don’t… be out too late.’ Margaret’s heart had many things it still wanted to say, but the fact that Lindsey wasn’t lashing out at her enough to keep quiet. She didn’t want to break the egg.
‘I won’t Mom.’ Lindsey sighed as she hunted for her brother.
Lindsey got her drivers license three months earlier, but Clement still didn’t trust her behind the wheel.
‘Can’t believe we have school on Monday.’ Clement mumbled as he gripped the wheel.
‘Well at least you’re a senior. You won’t be there long.’ The SUV zoomed through a line of the darkest trees Lindsey had ever seen with branches that resembled bones.
They stretched and formed a forest so thick and tall she could see it from her bedroom window.
‘So aren’t you going to talk about it?’
‘Talk about what Clem?’ Lindsey squirmed.
Clement was two feet taller than her. His brown eyes were lighter than her chocolate ones. He hated the gym and Lindsey was into gymnastics. Clem played the guitar and Lindsey spent hours honing her cooking skills. Their parents were excellent chiefs, but Clem could only make fire in the kitchen.
‘I know what Mom told you.’ Clem said.
‘You didn’t know, did you?’ Lindsey snapped her head in his direction.‘Of course not. I was only a year old when you were born. How do you feel? You’re not pissed, not sobbing, what is it?’
‘I don’t know. I… don’t feel anything.’
‘That doesn’t make any sense!’
‘Let me finish!’ She swatted him. ‘It really doesn’t feel different. Mom… she’ll always be my Mom even if she didn’t give birth to me. Plus my birth Mom was her sister. I-I just don’t know where my head is right now. I just know I wouldn’t trade what she gave me for the world.’
Margaret had dropped the bombshell on a simple Saturday morning. After sixteen years she believed it was time for Lindsey to know the truth. Trey had been with her the entire time. Lindsey didn’t have the melt down they expected which made it harder for them to handle. She couldn’t pin point her feelings she would always love them but there was something bubbling in her soul that she couldn’t name.Clem was actually her cousin which was something that sank in like a rock. They’d always been really close, he always had his arm around her shoulder.
‘Did she tell you anything about your birth Mom. I barely knew Mom had a sister.’
Lindsey chuckled. Margaret barely spoke about her sister Cami and she never called and visited either.
‘Mom said she couldn’t take care of herself much less me. Grandma and Grandpa tried to get her help but it didn’t work out she ran away and never looked back it seems. Mom took me in and never looked back.’ Lindsey chest swelled with emotion.
Lindsey hadn’t even seen a photo of Cami.
It was the first time Lindsey spoke to someone about her situation. Her jumbled up feelings were safely tucked away in the pages of her diary none of it made sense to her but pouring it out somewhere was like removing metal from her skin.
‘What about your real Dad?’ Clem asked.
She shrugged. ‘I don’t know… Mom doesn’t know who he is… she mentioned someone but she wasn’t sure. Trey will always be my Dad. He never treated me like I was anything less.’
Clem nodded and sensed the emotion in the air. Then his stomach growled.
‘Let’s get something to eat. I’m starving.’ Clem pulled into a diner parking lot with barely five cars parked.
The diner was called Hollow Dinner Diner a massive cursive sign stood on top of the building. A handful of people sat scattered in the big diner. When Lindsey and Clem walked in soft music streamed from the speakers on the ceiling.
Clem and Lindsey found an empty table by the window. She hadn’t seen much of the town on their drive.
Lindsey rubbed her bear shoulders. She should have carried a jersey, Hollow Cove was a chilly place.
Clem scanned the menu that was the size of a book.
‘Alright now, Harvey lemme get to these customers.’ A busty waitress in a pink and white uniform waved at a man behind the counter and pranced to their table.
She froze by their table her pearly white smile dropped from her face like a glass cup from a counter. Lindsey turned to Clem who raised his brows. Lindsey didn’t the know what to say. The woman kept staring at her.
The waitress finally dropped her notepad. Her face crumbled and water filled her eyes.
‘What is going on?’ Lindsey whispered. Clem shrugged.
‘Leah? Leah baby?’ She sobbed. Heads turned there way and Lindsey caught a woman gasp across the room.
‘Clem?’ Lindsey said out of the corner of her mouth. Lindsey had no idea what the woman was talking about. She scooted closer to the window.
‘Leah King! It is you!’ She yelled and rushed to the counter.
‘It’s Leah King! She’s alive!’
‘Leah King?’ People said. Heads turned to their table, all eyes burned on Lindsey.
‘Can we get out of here?!’ Lindsey stood. Clement rose and grabbed his sister’s shoulders and ushered her to the door.
‘I thought Leah King was missing!’ Someone bellowed.
‘Y’all saw her! That was Leah King! Leah!’ The waitress pointed at the door.
Lindsey turned her head to a dozen people staring at her. The waitress hadn’t stopped running or yelling. Clement rushed Lindsey to the car. A man followed them out when they climbed into the car, probably to get the license plate of the car, before they drove off.
***
The movers had gone and the lights in the house shined. Lindsey slammed the door before Clem could enter. He walked in and frowned. They moved to the kitchen where Clem searched the fridge.‘What the hell was that?’ Lindsey whispered. Her parents were somewhere in the house.
‘Probably nothing Lindsey.’
‘Nothing? That wasn’t nothing! Did you see the way those people stared at me?! As if I were… some phantom!’
Clem dumped bread and ham on the counter and stood in front of Lindsey. He grounded her shoulders. ‘Calm down Lindsey. The waitress was just mistaken.’
Lindsey shook her head. ‘I know, I know. It was just so weird. She really thought I was her.’
Lindsey wondered who she was!‘You probably just look alike. Nothing weird there.’
‘I heard people say she was missing.’
Clem rubbed his face. ‘Forget it Lindsey it was just a misunderstanding.’
Margaret walked into the kitchen wearing a loose robe and flip-flops. She smiled at her kids who smiled back innocently.
‘How’d you like the town?’ She asked.
Lindsey offered a pressed smile. ‘It’s okay, a little creepy.’
Clem agreed. Margaret rummaged through the cupboards for coffee. The coffee machine was the only appliance plugged into the wall.‘Yeah. Hollow Cove actually gets its name from a forest made up of completely hollowed out trees.’
Clem and Lindsey exchanged glances. ‘Really Mom?’ Clem raised a brow.
‘Yes, I found an article about it. Majority of the trees anyway. Locals were surprised about how the trees well survived for so long. It’s been standing for years the locals just left it alone.’
‘Let me guess it’s haunted?’ Clem frowned.
‘I read it was cursed.’ Margaret said.
Lindsey rubbed her face, her eyes felt like bags of sand hanging on her face.
‘Okayyy! Bed time for me.’ Lindsey through her hands in the air and made a U-turn for the stairs.
‘Wait Lindsey.’ Margaret reached her daughter before she could leave the kitchen.
‘Yeah?’
She cupped her full cheeks. Margaret toyed her tiny honey brown locks. She’d had such a hard time taking care of her hair when she was a little girl. Clem had curly hair too but he always cut his hair short.
‘You know I love you right? You have and always will be mine Lindsey. If you want to talk more… about Cami. I’m here.’
Lindsey nodded, but she wasn’t up for the conversation. ‘I know Mom. I’m tired right now. I just want to head to bed. We can talk another time.’ She offered her Mom a smile.
Margaret nodded and rubbed her cheek one last time before she watched Lindsey disappear up the stairs. Telling Lindsey the truth was the hardest thing she ever did. She had to acknowledge that Lindsey wasn’t her exactly her daughter, but not even a thousand winds could separate her from her daughter. She worried many nights that Cami would show up and tell Lindsey the truth. Lindsey needed to hear it from her. Cami hadn’t been in contact with Margaret or their parents since Lindsey was three and it wasn’t about her daughter. Cami was a beautiful woman but she was reckless and uncaring. She wanted things done her way. She met people that drunk and experimented with drugs which really hurt her. Rehab didn’t work and their parents knew Cami could never take care of a child. Margaret couldn’t even begin to imagine where her yo-unger sister was.Margaret was about to get back to her coffee when she caught Clement trying to make a sandwich with a frying pan.
‘Why don’t you just ask me to make you a sandwich?!’ She was a world class chef for crying out loud!
Lindsey walked into a room hot pink room with a brand new queen size bed and two side tables. With her clothes still in the suitcases and her stuff in boxes it felt hollow. She grimaced at the thought of something Hollow.It was only her first day in Hollow Cove and it wasn’t the best. Still she held out hope for the little town. She needed school to be quiet. She didn’t need drama. She wasn’t popular at her old school but she wasn’t a loner. She left a couple friends behind. She was eager to join gymnastics and make a couple friends. She wanted to date but not in the immediate future.
Part of the reason Clem was grumbling was because he had to leave his girlfriend of three months behind. Lindsey rolled her eyes at the thought.She walked to the window. New purple curtains had been sprung up over The tall windows. She thought about the bench that had been ripped off The wall. She liked the idea of having a bunch by the window. She could sit and stare out the window for endless hours.
The hot pink had really grown on her, she preferred purple to pink but there was something about it that felt warm and familiar. She rubbed her shoulders and chuckled. What could be familiar about a place someone’s never been to? Her shivered intensified when she spotted the hollow forest. The forest that spread out like a dark cloud over a town. It looked like light couldn’t touch it, like life couldn’t dwell there. She moved away from the window.By the time she got into bed the experience at the diner was still replaying in her mind. She hoped the images if the waitress wouldn’t follow her to her dreams. If that experience was anything to go by then Lindsey was going to have a hard time living in the town with a forest made of dead trees.She Has My FaceLindsey tucked a loose strand of her hair behind her ear. She’d decided on a simple bun for her first day of school. Monday had come too soon. She’d spent Sunday helping her parents unpack, sort, hang and clean. Clem made friends with some kids in the neighborhood and disappeared.She groaned when she thought of her insensitive brother. She hoped he was ready or else she’d leave without him. Breakfast was on the new table but her tummy was full of nerves.‘Dad, can I have the car keys?’ Lindsey said.Trey stuffed scrambled eggs in his mouth. ‘In the kitchen. Grab some breakfast first.’‘I’m good Dad. Bye.’‘Love you.’ Trey called.Lindsey stopped on the kitc
Jordan‘Jordan, have you heard?!’ Ruby ran up to Jordan’s locker. Jordan rolled her eyes and slammed the locker. She shoved her hands in her white jacket and started in the other direction. Can’t I be left alone? Ruby gasped and appeared in front of Jordan. ‘I’m talking to you!’‘I don’t want to gossip Ruby!’ Jordan tried to go round Ruby, but she was like a wall.‘It’s not gossip! It’s true, Leah’s back I thought you’d want to know.’Jordan balled her hands in her jacket. Ruby followed her arms. Jordan wanted to knock her teeth right out of her gums.‘I’m not in the mood and if I were you I’d stay away from me from now on.’ She s
Set Me ApartLindsey fashioned a black hoodie and sunglasses to school. Maybe she would make it through the day without people gawking at her.‘You’re making it obvious, Lindsey.’ Jordan leaned against a locker.Lindsey ripped her glasses off. ‘Forgive me for trying to keep people from staring at me.’‘People always want what they can’t have. If they can’t see you they’ll only follow you until they can.’Lindsey sighed, she looked ridiculous anyway. She pulled back her hoodie and shoved the glasses in the locker. ‘I guess you’re right. I should probably dyed my hair blonde and get contact lenses.’‘They will have to get used to it.’ Jordan shrugged.‘Will you get used to it? She was your best friend.’
The Boy Next DoorThe police had really done a number on Mom. Dad had to give her a sedative to calm her down. Lindsey knew her Mom was fragile and so did Clem. He was right about not telling her that day.Maybe they were both wrong she didn’t have to find out from the police. Lindsey believed it would have been much calmer if they told her themselves. She was much better in the morning. Margaret even made breakfast which Lindsey ate and finished just to me her happy. No one mentioned the police, DNAs or Leah King and Lindsey wanted it to stay that way. Lindsey walked out of the house in blue jeans, a pink top, a long white cardigan. The blue sky was obscured by morning clouds. A bitter breeze clapped her cheeks. She couldn’t wait to turn on the heater in the car. ‘Ugh, Clement! Hurry up!’ Lindsey yelled at the house.
Other than Clement, Jordan was the only other person Lindsey knew. Approaching people when she had someone else’s face was like attempting to climb Mount Everest. Jordan and Lindsey strolled the halls in comfortable silence until they got to the parking lot. Lindsey knew it was weird for Jordan but she needed her company. Jordan didn’t ask questions anymore or stare at her awkwardly. Clem was by the car with his usual radical looking crew and his new girlfriend Amber. She’s a red head in serious need of a protein package at a salon. Serge’s German vehicle was right where she left it. ‘Hey Jordan, you know that guy—’ Lindsey fumbled with her words. Jordan raised her brow. ‘What guy?’ Serge emerged from the school, Lindsey bobbed her head at him when he stopped to speak to a guy. Jordan smirked and narrowed her eyes at him. ‘I see you. He’s okay but that one is more up m
Lindsey walked into the sitting room. Two policemen sat on her couch while her parents stood in an embrace. Clem sat with his arms crossed over his chest as far from the policemen as he could. The Detective who visited them last time stood when Lindsey made herself known to them. Margaret’s face was red with worry. ‘What’s going on?’ She asked. ‘They’re here for the DNA test.’ Her Dad spoke. Margaret buried her chest into Trey’s chest. Lindsey backed up. Detective Luther's eyes shot up, fearing Lindsey would bolt. ‘Is this really necessary? I’m not Leah King! How many times do I have to say it?!’ ‘That’s what you say but we have to investigate to be certain.’ Detective Luther said. ‘Mom, Dad can’t you say no?’ ‘They wouldn’t do that if they had nothing to hide.’‘It’s alright Lindsey they just want your hair. Let’s get
Hollow Cove Woods The house had been fully established now Lindsey’s parents were left with the small matter of getting their dream restaurant up and running. Lindsey and Clem tried to help out when they could, mostly Lindsey since Clem had a new girlfriend and group of friends he had to keep up with. When Lindsey wasn’t sweeping at the restaurant she was doing homework with Jordan, or critiquing Serge's far from perfect cooking skills. Lindsey still feared what her Father would do when he found out Lindsey was spending long hours with a boy. School hadn’t gotten less weird, she could have sworn she had three stalkers. If it weren’t for Jordan practically chasing most people away she would have dropped out of school at least until the case was over. Lindsey thought the DNA test would have taken top priority but it had been almost a week and the results still weren’t out. One day a ‘Remember Leah King' poster had been stuck on
Blood & Questions The envelope with the results that could blow Detective Luther’s case wide open sat on his desk. He’d been staring at it for nearly half an hour. It should have been in Hollow Cove sooner but the M.E’s office in the next town didn’t understand the significance of the case. The case that haunted him. It was like a poker game, he was pondering his next move. He knew the results without a shadow of a doubt, but what he would do with them he didn’t know. The office door opened and slammed shut. ‘Luther the results are in!’ Detective Harry said. He’d recently been assigned to help Luther. He was a younger detective with truck loads of enthusiasm. ‘I know.’ He pointed at his desk. ‘Then why haven’t you opened it yet? What are you waiting for?’ Luther straightened himself. ‘Go ahead Harry do the honors.’ Harry picked up the envelope and ripped the top off