Nightwatch Novels & Stories

Chapter 24 Glimpses “I am certain that private detective Bruno Wright was the one or any of his men, was the one who broke into my apartment five days ago.” Detective Ian Murray stormed at the homicide chief. The chief barely looked up at him. His focus was on the photograph of another woman who was assaulted the previous night. Her face was swollen and black marks were around her eyes. “I need a warrant, chief, I need to know who Bruno’s employer, or should I get it myself.”

He dropped the comb, on his way to pick the watch. "Are you really leaving, now?" I picked the watch on the stool, "if you won't say anything, then fine, leave without the wrist watch." He sighed out and dropped his hand on his hips. "Give it back Monica, I don't have any more time to waste." He ordered.

Looking at the little clock on the nightstand, it is almost midnight. Geez. I get off the bed, taking the laptop on my hand, I pressed the last button as I head towards the desk close to the wall of my spacious room. I placed the laptop on the desk and connect the charger to it. I head back to the nightstand and pick up my glass of wine. I gulped it all down as I head back to my laptop to shut it down. But I got a notification beep from it. It is my security notification. The CCTV caught something odd.

A chill ran down Cheska’s spine. The car sped up. No one said a word. The earlier excitement was gone, replaced by something heavy… something none of them wanted to name. Cheska tried to steady her breathing. It wasn’t working. Her heart pounded too fast. Slowly, she looked at the mirror again. And her breath caught. The old woman was still there. Far behind them now… But still standing. Still watching. The lantern flickered— Then disappeared into the darkness. “That was… weird,” Lia whispered.

This code was something similar to what I needed to make my own in-hackable server system. I quickly made some notes and just as I was about to shut my laptop down that normal alerting ping went off letting me know that there was something new available on the S.D.E server. I think about it for a moment as usually; it takes them around an hour to track where I am, but that is because when I usually do the d******d I am using public internet access.

he cut my words and he said those to me. "Austin, I am saying that we got technology." I said and he paused. "If you are telling me to look for him through CCTV cameras, the whole city is too large to watch everything." he explained and I chuckles. "I just remembered, that I got the nightwatchers." I mumbled. "What is that?" he asked and I grinned. "I will tell to you tomorrow, let me get some sleep first." I said to him. "Wait, did you not went home last night?" he asked when I was about to end the call.

That was not what caught my attention. I stood up slowly letting go of my fathers hand as my eyes moved down the machines that were checking his vitals. There was a shiny black disc stuck to the side of the main machine it was no larger than a coin. There was a red light blinking on it every three seconds. It was a high-definition camera. I felt like I had been punched in the chest it took my breath away. Julian was not just tracking the Maybach. He was not just relying on Sarah to tell him what was happening. He was there in that room watching us on his screens.

He is like a teacher - she realized - he is waiting for me to solve a particularly difficult problem. At the top of the watch, she could see a battery. Next to that, she saw the Bluetooth symbol. Then the Wi-fi and Data. At the very end, there was a symbol that she did not recognize. She pressed it, and when she saw what it was, the pieces fell into place. It was a Baby Monitor. Nathan had been using it to listen in on her private conversations.

No one looked at me. I turned away and looked down at the garden below. I stood in the middle of the living room, watching Adam convulse on the floor, watching Mom, Dad, and Sapphire gather around him. I whispered, "Command received. Proceeding to die." Nobody heard me. They were completely consumed by Adam. They crowded around him with heartache and panic etched onto their faces. I slowly turned around and walked onto the balcony. A chilly night breeze swept over me. "Dexter!" Sapphire was the first to notice me.

With that I fell into a deep slumber. I woke up with a pain in my neck,it wasn't easy sleeping on the bare floor. Also it seemed I had caught a cold, I sneezed and my eyes watered. I checked the time on my Watch..it was one of my most prized possession, it was given to me by Christine as a birthday gift. It was 6:30 AM. I quickly arranged myself, I was hungry as hell,but there was no way I could get anything to eat. The restaurant usually opens by 7:30AM, it would be a very long time but I have no choice.