Daddy’s Little Girls by Dan Padavona EPUB & PDF – eBook Details Online
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- Author: Dan Padavona
- Language: English
- Genre: Private Investigator Mysteries
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Clouds shrouded the October moon as the van jounced up a rutted
road. The driver leaned over the steering wheel and peered into the
night. Where was the turnoff? It had to be close.
The GPS told him Wolf Lake was somewhere to his left, though he
couldn’t see the water in the moonless night. Carried by a howling wind,
dead leaves blew across the windshield. Here and there, he found a porch
light shining. Most of the houses stood in darkness. The dashboard clock
read midnight. It was time.
An open lot lay between two lake cottages. He stopped the van and shut
off the motor, reveling in a silence that made his ears ring. The engine
cooled. Tick, tick, tick. A wall divided the front and rear of the van; no
sound came from the back. Good. The potholes hadn’t jostled her out of
sleep.
The wind continued to beat against the vehicle. Chimes hanging from a
nearby porch rang like a bell tolling for the dead. From beneath the seat, he
removed the picture frame without looking at the photo behind the glass.
Doing so brought too much pain. He needed to sever ties.
After he slipped the frame inside his jacket, he stepped into the chilly
night. His sneakers crunched on the gravel shoulder. A click of the key fob
locked the van doors. He studied the houses and ensured no one spied on
him. Though the lake remained invisible from the road, he heard the
breakers and tasted the humidity. Wolf Lake was the cleanest, most pristine
body of water in New York State, perfect for his purposes.
He clicked the flashlight and swept the beam across the yard. This
carried risk, but it was too dark to find what he sought. The light landed on
a wooden structure off the shore.
This was it.
Behind a cottage to his left, a dock led into the water. Someone had
dragged a kayak ashore, and he grabbed it by the handle and pulled it to the
shoreline. Water sloshed against the rocks. The lake appeared black and
angry, driven by the gale. He located the oars on the lawn.
Again the man glanced behind and searched for witnesses to his private
funeral.
The tide battled the kayak until he was several yards off the shore. Then
the lake seemed to drag him away from civilization. For a moment, a sense
of helplessness overcame his mind. What if the current was too strong for
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