I have been listening to the radio almost nonstop lately because my favorite radio station I've practically grown up with is going off the air tomorrow :(. The station has been on the air sense 1973; it's a part of history for people like me who've been listening to it for a long time. "Sigh" I'm going to miss it so much. Anyway here is the next chapter hope you enjoy it.
"Thank god I have today off," Abby said taking a sip of her coffee. She was currently enjoying some coffee and doughnuts with Bubba. One thing Abby needed every day was a nice cup of hot coffee to start her day.
"Yea, me too I've about had it with Lance," Bubba tearing pieces of his doughnut and dipping it in his coffee, "but I guess being an asshole is his way of getting back when he use to get bullied in high school."
"I didn't know he was bullied in high school," Abby said shocked.
"Yea, he went to high school with me here; I was a senior and he was just a freshman and he got picked on constantly because of how short and small he is."
Abby wouldn't know anything about going to high school here. She moved here about year after she graduated.
Abby couldn't help but feel a little bad for her boss. He is a small man just barely reaching 5'5 and the man hardly had any meat on his bones. Lance was constantly fighting with adult acne and he always got cranky during the spring when his allergies would flare up.
"But still that's no excuse to deal with your past problems by taking it out on your employees; he could get professional help for something like that," Abby said following Bubba's actions tearing her doughnut apart and dipping it into her coffee.
Bubba shrugged tearing more from his doughnut.
Earlier this morning Bubba called Abby asking if she wanted to grab some break fest at the little coffee shop in town. Jack and Cary were at daycare for the day; and Nancy, Bubba's wife, left this morning to go visit her mom.
Nancy was a sweet woman she would always look forward when Abby came over to visit or come and babysit the kids. Often she would call Abby during the week to check up on her.
It was a nice warm day out with hardly any clouds in the sky. Abby couldn't help and think it would be nice to slip into a bikini and get some sun for the day.
Abby snapped from her thoughts when she heard the sound of sirens coming from down the street. Both Abby and Bubba turn around and see the police racing down the street followed by the fire department and an ambulance. All the vehicles turned right a few blocks down from the coffee shop.
"I guess there was crime spree last night; I wonder what it was this time?" Bubba said taking a sip from his coffee.
"Might have robbed the convent store again," Abby suggested.
"No, it wasn't that some guys were trying to sell drugs last night and apparently they got into a fight with someone, no one knows who, and during their fight a fire broke out," Abby and Bubba both look over to see the waitress standing over them with the bill.
"Did you see anything last night?" Abby asked the waitress.
"No that's just what I've heard going around; you can pay whenever you're ready," the waitress said leaving the table. Bubba and Abby looked at each other for a brief second. Before Abby could say anything else a man sat down next to their table.
Abby looked over at him noticing he was sweating. It looked like he just got done running in a marathon. Which would be hard thing to do with what he was wearing; the man had on black jeans, a black leather jacket, and motorcycle boots on. He looked a few years older than Abby, maybe twenty four.
The waitress came over to his table with a smile on her face happy to have another customer.
"Can I get you anything for you sir?"
"A pitcher of water please," the man said.
The waitress left to fulfill his order. Abby looked over at Bubba and saw him raise his eyebrow.
"What?" Abby asked.
"Checking out that guy huh?" Bubba said smiling at Abby.
"What no I was just looking; I wasn't checking him out."
"Come on Abby you need a man in your life, and Nancy keeps mentioning on ways to hook you up with some guys she works with," Bubba said.
"Oh god," Abby said horrified. All the guys Nancy worked with were either too old for her or have a kid. Abby just can't deal with any of that. She wasn't sure at all if she even wanted to date anyone right now, especially when she was trying to run from someone.
The waitress came back with a huge pitcher of water and a small glass. She set down the pitcher asking if he wanted anything else and the man just shook his head no. Abby's eyes went wide when she saw the man not even bother with the glass and just start chugging down the pitcher of water. He drank half the pitcher in just a few seconds, and wipe water from the side of his mouth with his sleeve.
Abby turned around to face Bubba and saw that he was a watching the man across from their table too. Bubba looked at Abby and just shrugged his shoulders.
Abby and Bubba split the bill and left the waitress a nice tip.
"Hey let's go see what the damage was from last night," Bubba said while they left the coffee shop.
"Sure, I'm kind of curious with what happened."
Abby and Bubba walked down the street and turned in the same direction the police went earlier. Both Abby and Bubba were shocked to find that the actual crime scene was closer than they thought. It was nowhere near the part of town that was usually full of crime.
Police cars were parked all along the street and a big crowd has formed by one of the town shops. Yellow crime scene tape was between the two buildings. Abby and Bubba walk closer to see for themselves.
Between two of the town shops the police were busy asking people from the crowd did the witness what happened last night. A few police officers were collecting what looked like ash from the ground between the shops.
Abby moved through the crowd to get a closer look and was shocked to find what use to be red brick was pitch black. Ash was all over the ground and some of it was still glowing red. The whole alley was burnt and covered in ash. "But if a fire did start in the alley shouldn't the shops have been burned down as well?" Abby thought to herself.
"Excuse me miss?"
Abby snapped from her thoughts and saw a police officer standing in front of her.
"Were you anywhere around here between eight and twelve last night?" the officer asked.
"No sir around eight o' clock I was at the gym and after I left the gym I went straight home," Abby answered.
"What time did you arrive at your house?"
"A little after ten," Abby said.
"Okay, I just need to ask you a one more question."
The officer pulled out a picture of a man that looked around his fifties with gray hair and beard. He had wrinkles around his mouth and scar along the side of his left cheek.
"Have you seen this man?" the officer asked.
"No is he the one who caused all of this?"
"We are not entirely sure, he is wanted for selling illegal drugs and was last seen heading to this town; we suspect he was one of the guys here last night during the drug deal," the officer answered.
"I've never seen this man," Abby told the officer.
"Thank you for your time ma'am that's all I wanted to know," The officer walked away and approached a couple further down the crowd of people and started asking the same questions.
"Man this is just terrible the crime is starting to get closer," Bubba said coming to stand by Abby.
"I know I hope it doesn't spread through the whole town," Abby said.
"If it does and I catch anyone I don't recognize on my property they will be meeting the end of my shot gun," Bubba threatened.
Abby laughed at his comment thinking to herself that maybe getting gun for herself. It wouldn't hurt for her to have one herself. She could even take shooting lessons from Bubba. If he asked the reason for it she could just tell him she is just worried about the rising crime around town.
One of the officers was digging around the pile of ash looking for any kind of evidence to lead them to the culprit. Abby stood there and watch as ash begins to rise from the officers digging. The officer pulled something from the pile of ash that looked melted.
Abby leaned a little over the yellow tape to get a closer look. From what Abby could tell the object the officer pulled from the ash was a melted shoe. Abby's brows scrunched in confusion, "What the hell was that doing there?" she thought to herself.
Abby's eyebrows shot up in alert and her eyes widening from realizing what the pile was.
Abby looked around and there were several piles of ash in the alley some still glowing red like a campfire that just went out.
Abby brought a hand over her mouth in shock.
"What's wrong Abby?" Bubba asked.
Abby leaned in closer to Bubba she didn't want anyone else to hear her.
"Those piles of ashes were people,"
Johnny opened the door to his hotel room; his body is still burning from last night. He drank four pitchers of water from the little coffee shop, and it didn't do much for his burning throat. The waitress had a shocked look on her face when she came back the first time to find the whole pitcher empty in just two minutes.
Johnny shrugged off his jacket and headed over to the bathroom. He turned on the faucet and splashed cold water on his face hoping it will help.
Johnny looked in the mirror checking to see if his face was still there. He caught himself doing this often during the day whenever he turned into the ghost rider.
Johnny looks over at the clock and sees its only noon. He lets out a quiet sigh deciding to take a cold shower to help cool his body down. He only has about five hours before the sun goes down, and the rider comes back out to finish what he started last night.
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