Roger’s mouth
dropped open as he watched Aura walk away. His eyebrows twisted back
as he tried to figure out what just happened.
“That was abrupt.
Interesting friend you’ve got there,” Sarah said.
Shawn laughed.
“That’s Aura for ya,” he said. He lowered his voice, “I get
the impression that she likes a good challenge.”
Rob took a sip of
his beer. The condensation dripped off the cup and onto a thick
paper coaster with the red silhouette of a hog. “She’ll be
challenged here alright,” he said and laughed.
Rob leaned over to
Shawn and whispered something into his ear. Shawn’s face turned
bright red. “Shh, not right now,” he whispered back.
Sarah cleared her
throat. “So, how do you know Aura?”
“We met her out in
Clinton a couple weeks back. We didn’t even know she was in town
until earlier this evening. We saw her as we were walking over
here,” Shawn said.
“It was almost
like she appeared out of thin air,” Rob added. “One minute we
were walking down the street, the next-poof-she was standing off to
the side. I guess it’s all the dark clothes, but it scared the
crap outta me.”
“She matches the
suspect’s description, don’t ya think?” Roger asked.
Sarah glared at
Roger and kicked him under the table. Roger gritted his teeth and
looked over at Sarah.
Rob sighed. “Maybe
a little, but so do a lot of people. Our witness didn’t give us
much to go with.” He gulped down a mouthful of beer. “Besides, I
don’t know what your point is. We’ve got the killer locked up,
without bail. She’s not talking now, but I reckon we’ll get a
confession out of her in a day or two.” Rob took another gulp of
his beer and turned his head toward the stage. “Hey look, Jim’s
getting up onto the stage.”
The party turned and
watched as a stout man huffed up the short walk to the stage. His
curly, long brown beard swung like a metronome as he walked. He
tapped on a few buttons on the remote. “Ya’ll know who this one
is fer,” he said as the instrumentals to ‘Achy Breaky Heart’
echoed through the building.
Sarah laughed and
clapped along with the rest of the crowd as the man’s high pitched
voice sang the words with the most off beat and pitiful tone of
voice. As the last few notes of the song played through the
speakers, she let out a relieved sigh. However, she watched in
horror as he fiddled around with the remote and selected yet another
song to sing. Jim proceeded to murder two more songs before he
stumbled off the stage. By the time he finished, Sarah’s ears were
bleeding.
A few minutes later,
Aura approached the table. “I don’t think this place is quite my
scene,” she said. “I’m going to go and find some other venue I
can sink my teeth into.” With that, she wave goodbye and the party
reciprocated. Then watched as she exited through the doors.
“I think we’re
in the same boat,” Sarah said. She and Roger stood up. “It was
good seeing you around.”
Rob and Shawn waved
them goodbye as the walked toward the exit. Sarah pushed open the
door of the establishment and walked out into the cool night air.
She looked around and saw Aura walking down the street.
She pointed at Aura.
“Let’s see what she is up to,” Sarah whispered.
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