Free Ding Dong!! Is She Dead? by Alathia Morgan Page A

mom a kiss.
    Megan knew that there would be questions about what Mr. David Jones was doing by hanging out with her. She knew that he was just being nice and she wasn’t taking it personally because she wasn’t all that pretty. He was definitely not interested in her.
    Now, with all of her bruises she must look like something out of a horror film. She had been lucky to find Mike in the first place. There were not many men that would have married such a homely woman to begin with. Although, Megan knew he was just trying to keep her safe in case Mike snuck back in, she was sure that Allie would give her the first degree in the morning.
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     

Chapter 8
     
     
    After, another uneventful night, Allie took Sally back up to the hospital to spend the day. Officer Grayson took Sally over to see the baby that had been born the night before to give Megan some time to catch Allie up on the search for Mike.
    The entire police department and the state troopers had been searching for Mike for almost a week and there was no sign of him. This really worried Allie and Megan since that could only meant that he was planning something to get even with them for all the trouble that they had caused him.
    “They are looking into who he was close friends with and where his favorite camping sites were. I told them that he never was gone overnight because he didn’t want to leave me at home by myself. There were a few of the guys that he would spend a Saturday or Sunday evening with on the occasional poker night, but so far they haven’t found anything to lead them to him.”
    Megan was able to talk quietly now that her throat was healing, but you could still hear the damage to her vocal cords from the week before.
    Allie hated to ask this question. She knew that since Mike had obviously gone farther than they had thought possible there might be something that Megan had not wanted to consider before.
    “Did Mike have a woman that he was seeing on the side? I know that you don’t think so, but I know that there were nights when he was working ‘overtime’.” Allie made the air quotes on the word.
    ”He could have been with someone and you wouldn’t have noticed because you weren’t going to check up on him.”
    Megan grimaced, “At this point anything is possible, but the guys that he hung out with haven’t come forward with any information so there is no telling if he did or not.”
    Mentally starting to berate herself, she almost missed the sly smile on Allie’s face when she asked, “So what is up with Mr. Davy Jones? Is he rescuing you from your thoughts again tonight?”
    “For your information, he is coming over. I really think that he feels guilty that he didn’t keep me safe. I know that there is no way it was his fault. I guess since Mike was able to get out on bail, he feels responsible that he wasn’t able to keep him in jail.”
    Megan looked embarrassed that Allie had brought up the subject so Allie decided to change the subject, but was saved by the door opening.
    Sally and Officer Grayson returned just then and they were able to get her started on her homework. Since this would be Megan’s last night in the hospital, Allie went ahead and called her other job at the bar. She let them know that she would be able to work this Friday since Megan would be watching Sally.
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    Allie was headed out to pick up the deliveries from her apartment. It was a smaller order this week since it was between pay checks.
    Kevin had assured Allie by phone that there had been no one in or around her apartment. It was looking like it might be safe to return by the end of the week if Mike continued to make himself scarce.
    She started a load of clothes at the apartment laundry room planning to change it out between deliveries. When she returned, she noticed that her clothes had already been moved over