The chair next to Venus slides out as she pushes it with her foot, a silent invitation which I take as she hands me a few pictures,
“See the nails are missing besides the index one.”
I look at the picture of the naked dead girl. Her body is blue, pale, it sends chills through my spine and a shiver rakes up my bare arms.
I have never looked at photos of a dead person before. The freckles on her cheeks- dull, I examine the characteristics of what made her- her.
My searching gaze doesn't miss the knife wounds around her upper right arm. One, two, three, four, I count in my mind.
Venus hands me another and I take it. This one is a close-up of her nails that are indeed missing with one nail on her point finger that is stained red, like someone did a piss poor job of removing her nail polish.
“The Church girl was found near water correct? Where was this body found,” I query, my attention trained on the pictures of a girl who probably suffered a painful death.
If there is one thing I am good at is finding a target, been doing it for years.
“Yeah, by the community pool, two minutes away from Saint Nicols. This one was found in the Lake, 'bout five miles North from here,” Knight answers from the opposite side of where Venus, Killer and I are sitting.
Zero walks in the room, and the air seems to thicken, but I know it is just me.
the familiar sense of foreboding as his imposing tall moody
missin' since last night, parents said she was supposed to be home yesterday 'round nine. Didn't
words, now is when I wish I had
idea of getting it stops when I am reminded of a girl named Cassidy. Met her only once at the bus station, I was fifteen, she told me she left home to run away with a guy, said he was her first everything until she
got hooked on his bullshit, and ran away, happens all the time,” After voices
my head watching that knife, knowing
Stacy,” Hannah's voice filters through the room
form, wearing a purple dress that looks pricey and shit, like
next to me and carries on talking, “That girl has never missed church, or had a friend, let alone a boyfriend, especially with Radlyn
of River?” Venus
to Zero's watchful eyes, he is staring right at me. It is unnerving and I don't even know
to face Venus's knowing
and him are still stuck at the school, trying to
the girls were found, Zero get Mercy
her before I got here, I'll go with her to the girl's house, check if she left anything important behind,” After announces as the scraping of her
sound reminding me of another