Chapter Twenty-Six

Nightmare In Roscoe

I pulled a flashlight out of my purse and shined it on the face of the body. Another gasp escaped me and I fell to my knees. I cried for what seemed like hours before I grabbed my phone and called the cops.

"Hello?" The mans voice was cool and calm. It only made me hate him.

"Hello? I have a dead body lying at my feet. I'm in the ally-way on 7th street in downtown Roscoe. Come quick!" I then called Ray.

"It's go time!"

"Ray, you need to get to downtown Roscoe now! You know the ally on 7th?"

"Yah. It's right around the corner from my house. You know that."

"That's where I am. Come quick! Please just hurry up and get down here?" I stood up and could hear the police and ambulance sirens in the back of my mind. This isn't happening. This can't be happening. Why now, why did I have to find the body?

A few minutes later Ray pulled up. I flew into his arms and clutched him tight. He held me close and I cried into his shoulder. The cops and paramedics soon arrived and I had to explain everything to them.

"I was walking around when...I ran into her. We planned on meeting at the ice cream parlor...later on. I was heading over there when...I stepped in blood. I wandered back here and...found her...she's my best friend. I never thought...who would do this to her?" The policemen wrote down what I said and then they took Audrey away. She was covered in a body bag, just like in the movies. The only problem was, this wasn't a movie. This was all too real.

Ray and I cried until we ran out of tears. Audrey was my best friend and Ray's girlfriend so it was logical why it hurt. We would up in the warehouse just talking. It was two o'clock when someone slammed the door shut to the station and found the two of us crying on the couch.

"Lily? Ray? What wrong? Why are you crying?" I looked up and saw Travis standing above me. I stood up and held him close to me with the strength I could muster.

"It's Audrey."

"What about Audrey? Is she sick, hurt, did she break up with Ray?" I could hear the panic and confusion in his voice. I didn't want to say it because then I had to keep admitting that it was true but I had to tell he. He deserved to know what happened to his ex girlfriend.

"No Travis. She's...she's dead."