The Graveyard Shift by Maria Lewis PDF EPUB & PDF – eBook Details Online
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- Author: Maria Lewis
- Language: English
- Genre: Murder
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Mera Brant couldn’t get the blood off her skin. She was scrubbing and
scrubbing, but the substance had dried and stuck to her flesh. She flinched
as it yanked against the hairs on her arm.
She turned the shower on, watching as the mix of cocoa powder, food
dye, water and powdered sugar began to drip slowly from her body. The
water at her toes turned red, fake blood spiraling into the drain like a scene
from Psycho as she cranked the hot tap.
Stepping out fifteen minutes later, she looked longingly at the fluffy,
thick white towels folded in a neat pile nearby. She was tempted, but Mera
knew her roommate Jiro would lose his mind if she ruined one with redbrown stains. He was staying at his boyfriend’s place overnight, so if she
used one and had it cleaned before he got back after work tomorrow
evening…
Forget it, she thought. Not worth the drama.
She reached for the black, tattered towel that belonged to her instead
and wrapped it around her body with a sigh. As she walked through the
house, Mera savored the fact Jiro wasn’t there to tell her the music was “too
loud” or “too weird.” No roomie though, no problem. She had her phone
synched to the Bluetooth speakers and cranked the volume as she nodded
along to the beat. She grabbed a plastic bag from the kitchen and continued
the path to her bedroom. The wooden floorboards creaked under her feet,
the noise coming to a stop only when she did.
A pile of bloody – and sticky – clothes sat in the corner of her bedroom.
She used the plastic bag like a glove as she picked them up, maneuvering
the items until they were inside and tying a neat knot. She didn’t know why
she had expected to salvage the blouse and jeans she’d worn that evening,
but it was clear they were beyond repair.
“No, you have not time travelled back to the sixties and yes, that was
Bobby ‘Boris’ Pickett’s Halloween classic ‘Monster Mash’ from 1962,” the
voice on the radio chirped once the song faded away. “Before that we had
‘Alone in the Graveyard’ by Gravediggaz and French sisters the Orties with
‘Plus Putes que toutes les Putes’ from the feminist cannibal movie Raw,
which put me off meat for a month FYI. My name is Tinsel Munroe and
you’re listening to a very special, very spooky edition of The Graveyard
Shift right here on 102.8 HitsFM.”
Mera unrolled the poster she’d won that evening at a back-to-back
screening of the first five movies in the Halloween franchise. She had been
hoping to bump into the guy she’d been chatting to on the uUp app; this
was part of the reason she’d gone so hard on her costume. But he’d been a
no-show. She had all but a second to feel disappointed before her phone
buzzed on the bed.
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