Ch 4

The next afternoon Kerrie sat on the bed in the hotel. Her best friend and Declan's godfather, Danny, had flown in from Vegas and was down the pool with Declan. Kerrie was catching up on some work, she did a few phone readings through Keene as well as looked over the books for her store. She fell asleep while looking through her appointment book and was woken up by a banging on the door.

"What the hell?" She muttered rubbing her eyes as she walked to the door.

"When you didn't answer your phone I figured you were asleep."

"Is it that time already?" Kerrie asked stifling a yawn as she walked over to double check her bag of supplies.

"I hope your going to change out of those shorts." Eric said stepping behind her.

"Don't start, we're not going to do this again." Kerrie said taking a step around Eric and grabbed some clothes to change into.

"It's only a matter of time before you can't resist me." Eric said sitting on the edge of the bed.

"You wish. When I said six months ago that we're not going to do the friends with benefits thing anymore I meant it. How can I meet a guy when I'm having sex with a 1000 plus year old vampire?" Kerrie said from the bathroom as she dressed.

"But it is fun, I find it true what they said about red heads. Red heads are excellent in bed."

"Gee thanks." Kerrie mumbled walking out of the bathroom. Her hair was now pulled into a pony tail and she was wearing a pair of jean shorts and a tank top.

"Why is it that you haven't found a "normal" guy yet?"

"Who said I wanted normal?" Kerrie said with a smirk. "Normal guys run once they get to know me."

"They suck then." Eric said making a face as his fangs extended.

"Ok, I'm ready." She said picking up the large bag.

"Let me." Eric said grabbing it from her hands.

"Thanks." 15 minutes later they arrived at Sookie's house. Bill was standing on the porch and gave Eric a cold stare.

"Sorry we're late, I fell asleep." Kerrie said to Sookie who was now in the doorway.

"Come on in." Sookie showed Kerrie the kitchen where she started to set up. "Do you want us in here or should we wait in the other room?"

"If you give me five minutes to get centered then you can all come back."

Kerrie heard the door open as she sat at the table with her eyes closed. Adele Stackhouse seemed like a really sweet lady and reminded Kerrie of her own grandmother. Right away Kerrie picked up that Adele loved to bake and take care of her grandchildren and she was very willing to tell who killed her so Sookie would be protected from further harm.

"Ok, I'm really." Kerrie said opening her eyes.

Sam and Tara had joined the small group and the two of them looked like they could barely stand to be in the same room as the other. Everyone else sat at the table as Kerrie began telling what she knew.

"Today I found out a bit about the killer from the police files. Maudette and Dawn were both raped after they were killed. Your grandmother was the only one who fought back and she obviously wasn't the target."

"How did you get into the files?" Sookie asked.

"I have some friends who are into computers and they got into the files for me. I already got in contact with your grandmother and she has a lot to say. She's very disappointed that Jason isn't here." Tears started to fill Sookie's eyes as Kerrie told her everything Adele wanted her to know.

"Now for what she knows about the killer. She's showing me pictures of a work crew, she says the man works with Jason, he is also in Merlotte's all the time, and he is dating a red haired woman that you work with. She says that it was Rene." Kerrie's eyes opened to see both Sam and Bill ready to leave their seats.

"You two can't just go after him now. Let me contact Dawn and Maudette and see what they say." It took only a few moments for both women to identify Rene as their killer.

"We need a plan. As much as vampire justice sounds good to me they will assume that Bill did it." Eric said as Kerrie nodded.