Callum & Harper (Sleepless 1) - Page 170
She leaned back a bit, taken aback at how open we were being.
“Lead the way, Callum.”
I picked up her hand and lead her to the window that opened to the balcony garden that Cherry had grown for Charlie. I scooped my arm behind her knees, reveling at her sharp intake of breath, and sat on the sill before working our bodies through. I swung my legs over and stood up, still holding Harper. Her mouth was open slightly in curiosity. I slid her body down mine to set her upright again. If I’m doing this, I’m doing this. No turning back.
o;And...what would these characteristics be, Detective Lewis?” I barely asked.
“This girl, the one who’s fingers we’ve found in the box, well, her name is Harper as well.”
I began to sway in my chair. Callum gripped my shoulder to keep me from falling forward.
“And the others?” I asked.
“There’s no need to burden you with this,” he said.
I was too far gone now. “No, please.”
“Well, there is a girl missing from Harlem that we realized could be your twin. Another missing from Flushing with the exact same color hair and,” he sighed again, “one went missing last week that shared the same street name and apartment number as yours.”
They’re probably dead and it’s all my fault. I reached for the trashcan by his desk and began dry heaving. I hadn’t had anything to eat in over twelve hours and my stomach had nothing to give.
“Oh my God!” I panted, trying to keep the tears from falling. “If it weren’t for me they’d be alive, wouldn’t they?” I asked Callum.
“No, Harper!” He said, “We don’t know that they’re dead.” But not even he believed that. I could hear the hesitation in his voice. “Nobody is responsible for those girls going missing,” he continued, “but John Bell.”
“Of course not!” Detective Lewis said at the same time as Callum. “No one is to blame but him, no one,” Lewis said when Callum was done. “Listen, we need you two to stay under the radar. That means no attending classes, no visiting friends he would know about.”
“Would he know about Charlie’s?” I asked Callum.
“I don’t see how. He’s not in The Ivories. There’d be no way he could find us.”
“Just in case,” Lewis said, I’ll have a patrol car out there throughout the night until we find this guy. We’ve checked all his known addresses and he’s not at any. No one seems to know who this guy is.”
“There’s one person,” I said absently.
“Who?” He asked.
“There was a man there the night John killed that woman. He was trying to get John to leave. I doubt he really knew John’s true nature. I have no idea how you’d find him but...”
“We’ll check the records for that night and see if he doesn’t come up. In the meantime, please stay out of sight.”
Callum and I both nodded.
“What else was in the box?” I asked.
“Um, I don’t really...”
“Please, Detective Lewis."
“Alright, video tapes of you and your husband sleeping.”
“How?” Callum asked.
“He must have set up surveillance video but all evidence has since been burned we suspect.”
I felt my face turn bright red from embarrassment, not that Callum and I did anything but, still, I felt an unbelievable invasion of privacy. My body felt sick at the thought that he watched us when we thought we were alone.
“Is that all?” I asked.
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