The Christopher Killer
““Here,” he told her, pressing tissues into her hand. “Take these. Nothing’s as bad as the smell of death, except maybe maggots. I just about lost it when I saw him, too.”
Cameryn took the fistful of Kleenex and wiped her mouth hard. What could be worse than to be caught puking her guts out, especially in front of a guy her father hated? Embarrassment shot through her as she realized some vomit had landed on her shirt, right on her breast pocket. She tried to wipe it, but only made the smear wor...se.
“I’d offer to help, but you might slap me,” the deputy said. He smiled a slow smile.
Was he laughing at her? After all her talk of wanting to be a forensic pathologist, she was exposed now as the fraud she was. No doubt he’d tell everyone in town that Cameryn Mahoney couldn’t take it. Balling up the tissue, she threw it into the garbage can with as much force as she could. “I gotta go,” she told him. “My dad’s waiting.”
“Hey, Cameryn, don’t look so mad. I just saw your pop—he was in the middle of telling Jacobs what a great job you did finding those pills in a phone book.MoreLess
Cameryn took the fistful of Kleenex and wiped her mouth hard. What could be worse than to be caught puking her guts out, especially in front of a guy her father hated? Embarrassment shot through her as she realized some vomit had landed on her shirt, right on her breast pocket. She tried to wipe it, but only made the smear wor...se.
“I’d offer to help, but you might slap me,” the deputy said. He smiled a slow smile.
Was he laughing at her? After all her talk of wanting to be a forensic pathologist, she was exposed now as the fraud she was. No doubt he’d tell everyone in town that Cameryn Mahoney couldn’t take it. Balling up the tissue, she threw it into the garbage can with as much force as she could. “I gotta go,” she told him. “My dad’s waiting.”
“Hey, Cameryn, don’t look so mad. I just saw your pop—he was in the middle of telling Jacobs what a great job you did finding those pills in a phone book.MoreLess
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