Fast Slide (2010)
“I thought I might have got past those hostile narrowed eyes, to his brain.
Then he laughed without humor. “Yeah, and how did that help Aggie? She’s dead.” He unwrapped another lollipop.
I shook my head. I was pretty sure Aggie’s death wasn’t part of Judd’s plan. It had been a panicked decision. But I couldn’t prove it. Not while I was stuck here.
Mulligan’s eyes bored into me like bullets. “You’re lying.”
“Clay doesn’t lie,” Brad objected. “Tell him about the Lynx, Clay.”
I nodded. “Aggie was a...fraid of Judd. She called him ‘the Lynx.’ That’s how he saw himself: preying on people and controlling them. Judd was also bullying Brad. He’d jump out of nowhere and scare Brad with this ghoulish lynx mask.”
Detective Mulligan jammed the lollipop in his mouth and smiled unpleasantly. “Yeah, and who else is involved in this? Batman?”
“Don’t make fun of Clay.” Brad’s voice shook. The detective was yet another bully he had to contend with. But Brad was standing up to him.MoreLess
Then he laughed without humor. “Yeah, and how did that help Aggie? She’s dead.” He unwrapped another lollipop.
I shook my head. I was pretty sure Aggie’s death wasn’t part of Judd’s plan. It had been a panicked decision. But I couldn’t prove it. Not while I was stuck here.
Mulligan’s eyes bored into me like bullets. “You’re lying.”
“Clay doesn’t lie,” Brad objected. “Tell him about the Lynx, Clay.”
I nodded. “Aggie was a...fraid of Judd. She called him ‘the Lynx.’ That’s how he saw himself: preying on people and controlling them. Judd was also bullying Brad. He’d jump out of nowhere and scare Brad with this ghoulish lynx mask.”
Detective Mulligan jammed the lollipop in his mouth and smiled unpleasantly. “Yeah, and who else is involved in this? Batman?”
“Don’t make fun of Clay.” Brad’s voice shook. The detective was yet another bully he had to contend with. But Brad was standing up to him.MoreLess
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