Chapter 6

" Hey Bridge, you look like you did not get any sleep last night." Nathan got up from the seat and gave Bridgette a hug and kiss as she came up to him.

" Hey no I did not get that much sleep last night it seems we have something larking around the cottage, and it has been upsetting our cow." Bridgette kissed and hugged Nathan back.

" Really well it seems there was another killing last night." Nathan said as they sat down in the booth.

" Yeah I . . . wait a minute Michael said the person survived the attacked." Bridgette grabbed the ice tea and took a sip.

" Um . . . what do you mean survived, um . . . where did they find the body?" Nathan asked.

" The person was found on our land, why do you asked." Bridgette said just before their waitress came up to their table.

" Good afternoon Bridgette, Nathan so what can I get for you this afternoon?" the waitress asked as she looked at both Bridgette and Nathan.

" Afternoon Judy, I would like to have the cheeseburger with fries please." Nathan ordered his lunch.

" Ok and for you Bridgette?" Judy turn to Bridgette.

" I would like to have the same thing but instead of fries I would like to have onion rings please." Bridgette ordered her food.

" Ok with onion rings, be back soon with your food." Judy said before she left and put in their orders.

" Wait a minute what do you mean a person was found on your property, they body that I know of was found in the park." Nathan took another sip of his tea.

" I see, then it must have been that thing that I saw last night." Bridgette looked at the door as it opened up and the sheriff and Seth came into the restaurant.

" What thing, do you think he is back and it is he who is doing this?" Nathan asked.

" I saw a creature as I got into my car last night in the hospital parking lot, but was scared away by two other people going to their cars, and yes he is here because I saw him yesterday, and no he did not kill any one yet." Bridgette took a sip of her tea again.

" Really was that him, and how do you know that he has not killed anyone?" Nathan said as Judy came up to their table with a pitcher of tea.

" Here you go and you burgers will be out in a minute." Judy poured the fresh tea into the glasses.

" Thank you Judy." Nathan said.

Judy nodded and headed for the kitchen as she heard the bell ring.

" Because he just got here yesterday morning, because I could smell him, and I know that he has been hanging around our place, what I do not get is why Gram and Seth have not picked up his sent." Bridgette watched Seth and her uncle head to a booth close to the back.

" Am not sure about that, what is it?" Nathan watched Bridgette's eyes follow whoever came into the restaurant.

" I will ask them later, now I just wonder what they are talking about." Bridgette watched the two men sit down at the booth.

" Who? Oh I wonder if he knows his is back?" Nathan turned around and saw Seth and the Sheriff.

" Am not sure, oh yum this looks great." Bridgette looked over to Judy as she came up to the table with their food.

" Here you both go, fries for you and onion rings for you." Judy put the first plate down in front of Nathan, before putting the other plate down in front of Bridgette.

" Thank you." the couple said together.

" Is there anything else I can get for you?" Judy asked.

" No this is fine." Bridgette said.

" Ok." Judy turned and headed for her next table.

Bridgette and Nathan began eating their lunch and made plans for getting together later.

Seth and Lionel sat down at the table and looked at their menus

" He is here." Seth turned to the sandwich section of the menu.

" Yes I know, he called me, and I also know that the body that was on your property he did not do, or attack that person who was found this morning or the other body that was found this morning." Lionel looked at the different burgers.

" What other body?" Seth looked up from his menu.

" There was a body found early this morning, what you did not know about it, afternoon Judy." Lionel said as Judy came up to the table.

" Afternoon Lionel, Seth so what can I get you both to drink?" Judy asked the two guys who were sitting in front of her.

" Afternoon Judy, I would like sweet tea please." Seth looked up at the older lady and giving her a welcoming smile.

" Ok and the same thing for you Lionel?" the older lady asked the older man.

" Yes please." Lionel said.

" Ok and then I will come back for your food orders." Judy said before heading towards the front counters were the drink pitchers were at.

" No I did not know about the new body, so were was this located?" Seth put down his menu.

" The body was found at the park, and it was a female, and it appears that she was jogging on the trails when she was attacked." Lionel figured out what he was going to have for lunch.

" Oh man, so have you figured out what the first body was, and the person who was attacked?" Seth said just before Judy came up with the glasses of tea.

" Here you both go, so do you know what you want for lunch?" Judy put down both glasses down in front of the two men.

" Yes I would like to have the bacon club sandwich with onion rings and pepper poppers." Seth gave Judy his food order.

" Ok and the pickle and mayo on the side correct?" Judy asked as she was trying to remember how he always order his food.

" Yes please." Seth smiled up at the older woman.

" And for you Sheriff?" Judy looked over to the older man.

" I would like to have the bacon and cheeseburger with seasoned Onion rings." Lionel gave Judy his menu after giving her his order.

" Ok and the pickle, mayo and mustard also on the side." Judy took the menus from both men.

" Yes please, but could you please and add the seasoning to the mayo so it spiced it up some." Lionel smiled up to the waitress.

" Ok I can do that, would you like for me to add some hot sauce to it too?" Judy asked.

" Sure that sounds great." Lionel said before Judy left the table.

" Sure thing." Judy left the two men.

" The first body we do not know what the sex is yet, but the body that was attacked in the park was a female." Lionel looked passed Seth as he saw the person walk into the building that was across the street.

" Great, I hope it is not a serial killer, I do not want to have to worry about Gram and Bridgette." Seth said before taking a sip of his tea.

" Yeah me too, why do I have this feeling that you are not telling me everything you know Seth." Lionel looked back at the young man in front of him and looked at him straight in the eyes and could see that he was not telling him something and that got him to start to worry about his mother and niece, staying at the cottage in the woods.

" Um . . . yes there is something that I have not told Michael, that is because I wanted to tell you." Seth took another sip of his tea.

" I see you know you could be in trouble for not telling him everything." Lionel gave Seth a stern look.

" I know, but I believe this to be a family matter and the deputy does not need to know our family curse." Seth took another sip of tea.

" I see your point, and I also know that you are protecting Bridgette too." Lionel saw the figure come out of the building with a paper back full of food.

" I take it he just walked out of the store?" Seth looked at his uncle as the hairs on his neck began to stand up.

" Yeah he did, I wonder where he is staying at?" Lionel said before Judy came up with their food.

" Somewhere close by, I know that." Seth said as Judy put his food down in front of him.

Lionel mumbled thank you to Judy as she put his food down in front of him.

Judy left and went back to the counter and grabbed the pitcher and came back to fill up their glasses, before going to her other customers.

" Just how close?" Lionel picked up his knife and cut the burger in half.

" Close by, but how close am not sure, what I did not tell Michael was that I did leave the house last night, but that was because Gram asked me too, because the other night she saw something in the woods and what I have not told Bridgette is that she is begin watched." Seth cut his sandwich in half too.

" Great, and I know mom will not leave that place either, maybe we can ask Nathan to ask Bridgette to stay with him until we can figure out who or what is behind these killings." Lionel said before taking a bite of his burger.

" I will stay with Gram, the only reason why she will not leave is because of the animals, I will stay with her." Seth said.

" Maybe if you could stay there and look after the animals and I can have her stay with me." Lionel took another bite of his burger.

" That sounds great to me." Seth nodded in agreement.

The two men finished their conversation and at their lunch mostly in silence.

" Gram am here?' Bridgette called out as she entered the shop.

" We are in the back room." Robertta called out.

Bridgette headed for the open door that was in the back of the shop.

" Hey Gram, I have you lunch and Seth is waiting for you out in the car, hey Amanda." Bridgette came into the room.

" That sounds good am hungry, Amanda please as Seth to come in here and help out while I eat my lunch." Robertta asked the girl who was sitting on the floor next to crate.

" Yes ma'am." Amanda got up and left the room.

" You look like you are having fun let me guess all of this came from an Estate?" Bridgette looked at all the twenty crates that were stacked around the back room.

" Yes all of this came from an Estate that was from out of the state, hey Seth could you please help the girls with the inventory while I eat my lunch and when I am done we can leave." Robertta looked at the door and Seth came up to the door.

Everyone just nodded and got down to work while Robertta headed to the office and ate her lunch.

What they did not know that from across the street there was a lone figure watching the door of the shop.