Chapter 11

Angel arrived at the abandoned saw mill, where hundreds of police officers had surrounded the building. She got out of her car and hurried to find her boss.

When she did, Captain Biggins says to her, "You didn't bring the doctor?"

"That did cross my mind, but there is something suspicious about Dr. Perrot. Has St-Pierre made an appearance?" she asked him and Captain Biggins shook his head. "How do you know he is in there," Angel asked, again.

"I actually saw him get out of the car, but when he saw me, he made a mad dash inside the mill," the police chief said.

"Davey, I want to talk to him, alone and unarmed," Angel replied, but Biggins looked at her in surprise.

"Are you crazy? He killed five people with a knife, who knows what he'll do if he uses his bare hands," he said, trying to talk Angel out of it.

"I want to talk to St-Pierre, please Davey," she urged him and Biggins gave in. He ordered everyone to make room for Angel as she went up to the door. She was armed with only a flashlight and she in the mill.

The abandoned saw mill had a musty scent in the air and Angel's flashlight revealed some equipment that had been left to succumb to the elements. "Faustin? Are you in here?" she called out, "It's okay, I'm not going to hurt you, I just want to talk to you," she added, but there was no repeal.

Out of the corner of her eye, Angel saw a wet suit hanging from a hook and she saw that one of the sleeves had been torn from Minnie's bite. Suddenly, something crashed and Angel turned around to see Faustin St-Pierre, he had tripped over a box full of glass.

"Faustin," Angel said, staring at the young dog man, but he appeared to be much older. Then, he took a shard of glass and held it up, defending himself. "No, it's okay, see I have no gun," Angel pointed out, "Please, I just want to talk."

"That's what they all say, 'We just want to talk!' 'Please, talk to us!'" Faustin replied in a bitter tone.

"Who is they?" Angel asked.

"The doctors! The damn doctors! My parents refused to talk to me! They hate me! Everyone hates me!" Faustin screamed, thrashing at the air with the shard.

"Faustin, please, calm down!" Angel begged, but Faustin shook his head.

"I can't calm down! It feels as if I have all this energy that wants to get out of me!" he shouted, pulling at his hair.

"Faustin, I understand, in fact, I learned quite a lot about you," Angel replied and watched as Faustin took a few deep breaths.

"You don't know me, my parents hate me, they sent me away to live in insane asylums because I am a freak!" he said, still holding the shard. Angel knew she was getting close in gaining his trust and she continued to speak.

"Please, Faustin, tell me what your childhood was like," she said and Faustin looked at her in the eye.

"I was very energetic, I thought I was a king of the castle," he replied and Angel held back a laugh.

"Don't we all want to be rulers over our own castle?" she asked and Faustin nodded.

"I don't know what I did wrong. All I did was yell at my mom and dad, there's no harm in yelling at your parents?" he asked.

"I don't know, my parents and I rarely yelled at one another and my husband and I don't fight as we talk about our troubles. I think you blame your parents a little too much for something you did, not them," Angel replied, but Faustin disagreed on the last part.

"Faustin, with your condition, I believe it makes you feel that you are better than anyone," Angel added, but quickly changed the subject, "But you love the ocean."

"Yes, yes, I do," Faustin replied.

"It calms you to the point where you don't feel angry at anyone at all, right?" Angel asked, "You love to swim in it, let the water around you wash away your worries and fears."

At first, Faustin smiled at the mention of the ocean, but he frowned and says, "If only those people stop polluting the ocean!" Angel looked surprised when she heard this.

"Who told you those people were polluting the ocean?" she asked. Faustin did not speak, instead, he kicked at a glass bottle and it shattered. "Faustin, who or what gave you the impression those people were polluting the ocean?" Angel asked, again.

"He said that they were," Faustin replied.

"Who Faustin? Tell me who it is?" Angel asked, again, but before Faustin could answer, they heard a loud BANG! Angel turned to see a young officer holding up a gun and it was pointed at Faustin. Angel quickly looked back at Faustin and saw the blood spill out of his neck like a river.

"I got him!" the officer called out, but Angel looked at him with fury.

"You idiot!" she yelled out and hurried to Faustin's side, applying pressure to the bullet wound on his neck. "Don't just stand there! Get the medics!" Angel ordered and the other officers swarmed in.

Angel pressed on the wound on Faustin's neck, but it was clear that he was not going to make it. "Angel, what happened?" Captain Biggins asked and saw the rage in her eyes.

"That asshole cop shot an unarmed man! Get the medics!" she demanded and Biggins hurried away. "Faustin! Stay with me! You're a fighter! You can do this!" Angel cried out.

Faustin's face turned pale and his breathing began labored, but he was talking about something. "What?" Angel asked, still applying the pressure on his wound.

"He kill...killed...Doc...Perr..." Faustin said as he gurgled on his own blood.

"Dr. Perrot? Who killed him?" Angel asked, just as the medics arrived.

"Sav...Sava..." he tried to say.

"Martin Savage? He killed Dr. Perrot?" Angel asked, again, but the medics ordered her to move away and they went to work.

Faustin, with the last of his strength pulled Angel toward him and he spoke, "He...said...to kill...those...people...he told...me..." Then, Faustin's eyes began to roll back into their sockets.

"No, no, no! Please, Faustin! Stay with me!" Angel begged him, but it was clear that he was almost gone.

"I'm...sorry...Aurore...I did...love you...sis..." he spoke his last words to Angel and his head went limb. The medics checked for a pulse, but there wasn't one, so they began CPR. It was no use, Faustin St-Pierre was dead.

Angel looked at him as the medics placed a white tarp over him and she looked at his blood on her hands and her clothes. She had the look of shock on her face, but she saw the officer who shot Faustin being yelled at by Biggins.

Angel began to think of what Faustin had said before he died. He said that Savage killed Dr. Perrot; was it possible that the body found on the grounds of the sanitarium is Dr. Perrot?

"Angel, I'll take you back to the station," Captain Biggins said, placing an arm around her and led her to his vehicle.

Angel then realized that the real culprit was at her house and she got on her cell, calling home. Cindy answered, "This is the Swagger household, can I help you?"

"Cindy, it's me, where's Dr. Perrot?" Angel asked.

"Out on the porch, what's going on?" Cindy said her question.

"Listen to me very carefully, I need one of your brothers to bring Dr. Perrot to the police station immediately. If he asks why, tell him that we caught St-Pierre and that he wants to speak to him," Angel replied and prayed that the imposter would take the bait.

Cindy says, "Okay, when will you come home? Emmy is getting a bit feisty because she wants you."

"I don't know, maybe an hour, try to keep her occupied," Angel answered and they hung up. Angel turned to face her boss and explained what Faustin said to her before he died.

"Holy smokes! Are you serious?!" Biggins asked in shock.

"If Kneller said it, so did St-Pierre, but I'm going to need your help," Angel replied and told him her plan as they continued their drive back to the station.

From the author: The truth will soon be revealed in the next chapter!