The Case of the Disappearing Corpse (2013)
““I don’t like it here.” Tayla slowed down and eyed the area nervously. “There’s no shops. No houses. Nothing.”
A rabbit darted across the road, a flash of red fur chasing it. I watched them disappear into a tangle of bushes and prayed the fox got caught in the prickles and the rabbit escaped unhurt.
“I wonder why they built their Research Station here?” Tayla went on. Due to a king-sized prickle and a flat front tire, she dragged her bike along beside her.
“Best place for secret army business, ...I suppose. No houses means no people,” I answered, cruising up to the front gate on my bike and dragging one foot in the dirt to stop.
I looked up. The chain wire fence surrounding the property was topped with no-nonsense rolls of barbed wire.
“Hmm…” I mused. “Might have trouble getting in here.”
“Who said anything about getting in?” Tayla leaned her bike against the fence and gave me the eye. “See that sign, Cha? It says, ‘No Trespassing’.”
“Whatever.”MoreLess
A rabbit darted across the road, a flash of red fur chasing it. I watched them disappear into a tangle of bushes and prayed the fox got caught in the prickles and the rabbit escaped unhurt.
“I wonder why they built their Research Station here?” Tayla went on. Due to a king-sized prickle and a flat front tire, she dragged her bike along beside her.
“Best place for secret army business, ...I suppose. No houses means no people,” I answered, cruising up to the front gate on my bike and dragging one foot in the dirt to stop.
I looked up. The chain wire fence surrounding the property was topped with no-nonsense rolls of barbed wire.
“Hmm…” I mused. “Might have trouble getting in here.”
“Who said anything about getting in?” Tayla leaned her bike against the fence and gave me the eye. “See that sign, Cha? It says, ‘No Trespassing’.”
“Whatever.”MoreLess
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