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“If she does, we’ll handle it,” Officer Nolan chuckled, and he really was nice to look at.
“Thank you,” Myer said graciously.“We really appreciate your help on this.”
“While I’m certain that she’ll back off once we speak to her, if you have video evidence of the pentagram thing, you can always file a restraining order against her,” Officer Hatcher remarked.“Just something to consider if you’re still feeling uneasy about the situation later.”
“Thank you,” I replied.“I’ll think about it.”
Looking over his shoulder, Officer Nolan asked, “Is the mailbox with the cross her house?”
“Yes, it is,” Myer answered.
“Okay, well...we’ll go speak with her, and I recommend that you both go inside while we do,” Officer Nolan replied.“The houses in this neighborhood are too close to one another to be antagonizing your neighbors when you don’t need to be.”
I opened my mouth, but Myer quickly put his hand over it.“Of course, Officer.”
Yeah, we were going to have to talk about this later.
“Well, then we’ll go introduce ourselves to Ms.Mackrell,” Officer Hatcher said, and I wished them luck.
Chapter 24
Myer~
“I can’t see anything,” Calista complained.“Maybe we should move to the guest room.”
We were currently trying to peak out of the kitchen window that faced the street, but the angled view was mostly of the street and the houses on our side.We could barely make out Louise’s mailbox and the police car, but we couldn’t see them speaking with her.
“Can you actually see her house from there?”
“Not sure,” she mumbled.“I rarely go in there, and so I can’t remember the exact view.It’s been ages since I’ve hung up the blinds in there.”
I looked down at her.“Well, there’s only one way to find out.”
Calista shot me a quick look before she raced towards her guest room, me hot on her heels.Now, were we acting like children?Yes, we were.Did we care?Not at all.Besides, I didn’t see how Louise deserved any consideration from us at this point.Plus, it didn’t matter if I believed in curses or not.What mattered was that Louise believed in them, so her intent was pretty fucking dastardly.
As soon as we entered Calista’s guest room, she pulled the blinds up, and we could see directly across the street, the police standing on Louise’s doorstep, though we couldn’t see Louise herself.She was hidden by the little alcove that’d been built into all of the houses on the block.
