Mysteries and Suspense Short Stories Collection by Tamikio L. Reardon (that summer book TXT) 📖

and it was dark. I pulled the string to the light switch up on the ceiling and the room burst into bright light hurting my eyes. I sat down on the stool to gain my strength and try to remember why I was up here in the first place then I remember the clipping on the Casada brothers I read earlier. This can’t be….those three boys were in classroom all week…..but they are ….dead? Suddenly I didn’t feel like cleaning out the attic anymore it was late I had to see if Leigh was home we had to talk. As I made my way downstairs I remembered how upset Leigh was that day after I mentioned the Casada boys. The three boys were brothers. Leigh was in the living room watching television as I came around the corner she quickly turned her back to me. I slowly went over to the couch and sat next to her putting my hand on her shoulder. She turned slightly towards me with tears in her eyes. “Leigh?” “Is there something you want to tell me?” She looked at me with those ice grey eyes just like her mother use to have. She looked at me and was stunned. “Daddy don’t your remember?” “Remember what Leigh?” “The Casada Brothers?” “No I don’t, I just can’t remember.” “What is going on Leigh?” she started sobbing again this time recklessly. “Daddy the Casada brothers rapped me four years ago and you don’t remember!” standing up from the couch I put my hands over my mouth and looked at my daughter with a flow of tears coming through her eyes. I could not belief I could not remember this that happened to my daughter….”Leigh…honey I am sorry ….” “Why should you be? They all paid for what they did to me I am just hurt because you didn’t remember!” I was speechless there was nothing I could say to my daughter at this point. There was knock on the front door. Leigh and I both looked towards window. Slowly approaching the front door as I opened it there were two uniformed police officers standing at my door. “Mr. John Mennard?” I looked at both officer baffled while glancing at the police car in the back ground with flashing red and blue siren light. “Yes I am John Mennard what seems to be the problem.” “Mr. Mennard you have the right to remain silent anything you say can and will be held

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against in the court of law….. As one of the officers slowly turned me around to hand cuff me in shock I asked “What is going on here!” “You are being arrested for the 1994 murders of the Casada Brothers.”

1/10/2015

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Kelly Jane: Best Friends Forever

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Kelly Jane

Chapter 1

By Tamikio L. Reardon

 

Haven’t seen Kelly Jane in over seven years my classmates said she move away, but we have been friends for ten years. Nobody ever knew what Kelly Jane and I did the last day I saw her, I never told anyone what we did that day and I haven’t seen her since. I was the last person to see her and then I wasn’t. “Hay Delilah!” looking up from the wind chill against my pale face, I saw Misty running towards my house from the front porch. She was out of breath within the short distance she ran to my house she only lived a block away. “Hay girl what’s up?” she stopped at the bottom step to catch her breath looked up at me and laughed. She rolled her eyes at me and sat on the bottom step. “So what you up too?” I sat back down on the top of the steps and shook my head burying it into the sleeves of my jacket. Misty came up and sat beside me hugging me tightly. “Don’t worry they will find her.” I looked up from the sleeve of my jacket. “It’s been seven years and there is no sign of her yet.” Misty stood up and looked down at me with a look of dismay. “Do you want to go out for a bit or do something useful?” I stood up on the top step next to her. “Sure why not.”

 

We decided to take a walk down to Tony’s Burger Joint even thou it was chilly and windy outside, I didn’t mind walking today. Both of us had a car, but there was something about walking on a windy day that interests me. Also…..it was a windy day the last time I saw Kelly Jane…..I don’t know if telling someone what happened that day would have helped found her. We were not supposed to be in that place that day we would have gotten in a lot of trouble if anyone knew. Not even Misty knew where we were that day. Tony’s was packed on this windy chilly day. This was the most popular place in the neighborhood it’s a good thing he was not open twenty four hours a day seven days a week. The line was out the door and we saw Jeannette and Brittanie sitting at both in the corner of the restaurant. They saw Misty and me as we entered the front door. “Hay there is Jeanette and Brittanie let’s go over and sit with them.” “Don’t you want to order something first?” “Yea I guess your right comes on!” Misty

 

 

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pulled me up to the counter to order. I ordered a cheese burger, fries and coke. We sat with the others at the table and the evening was fun.

 

I decided I would walk back home alone at least that’s what I told Misty. I wonder if I should go to the police with what I know about the disappearance of Kelly Jane. Maybe just maybe I could have helped her I gotta tell someone now and after seven years? It was getting late I would go back to that place tomorrow I just know it’s something there.

 

The next morning Misty called at 10am to check on me to see if I was ok. I had to tell her where we were on the day of October 31 2000. Halloween day was not a good time to be in that place. As a matter of fact, Halloween was next Saturday and we all were supposed to go to Steven Keller’s Halloween party up on haunted hill. Steven Keller was the most popular jock in senior high and weirdly the nicest guy I ever met. He gave a new meaning to the word “Jock”. I had plans to go back to the place alone today and I would come back tell Misty the whole story. I don’t want her to try and talk me out of what I have to do. I got dressed and was happy I didn’t have to explain to mom where I was going this early in the morning. School was closed due to a power outage from the strong winds that were going on this week. These were the same winds we had on the day Kelly Jane disappeared and for the last seven years around this time Halloween, for some reason the winds got stronger and stronger. This time I dressed warm and decided again to walk I didn’t want anyone to see me going near that place. The place was thirteen blocks away in a deserted and spooky area Milway Lane. There were not many houses in this area of the neighborhood so not many people traveled around here. A lot choose to stay away from this area there was nothing to be afraid of at least that what Kelly Jane and I thought seven years ago. I remember us both walking on this same street it was getting dark late in the afternoon around 6. We were supposed to go to Steven Keller’s Halloween party that night also, but we never made it. I have not been in this area in seven years since the day Kelly Jane went missing. It seems a lot has changed since the last time I was here. Not only was the area deserted in that place, but it seems the whole area of Milway Lane was now deserted. The houses were run down some were boarded up I would say there were about four houses in this area that were occupied. I had to work up enough guts to even step foot back in this territory much less how can anyone human resident here? We were all often told to stay away from this place that it was haunted and people often came up……missing

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here. Kelly Jane and I never believe the stories that were told about this place, but know I’m a living witness. I lied about our whereabouts that day. I told people that we were at Tony’s getting ready to leave for Steven Keller’s Party. Kelly Jane said she had to go to the bathroom, well she did and she never came back. The truth was we were at this place….they would all kill us if they knew the truth. The place loomed bigger than ever in front of me. I stood frightened as I looked up at the property hovering dark and eerie in front of me.

 

The story was told back in 1970, there were two brothers who lived here at this property. Two twin brothers. Harry and Henry Parker they were identical twins, but people could still tell them apart. Even though they were identical, the twins both had permanent features that made it easy for people to tell them apart. Harry was really nice and easy going. Henry on the other hand was just totally the opposite. Harry was terrified of his brother and whatever he said that’s how things were going to be. Our history teacher told the class the story of this place I don’t know if he was trying to prove a point of history or if he was just talking out of his ass. Most of us didn’t believe this story one bit about this place more less the people that did stayed away from here. Looking around the deserted area I could see that more people now were staring to believe this story this area looked as if something wiped out the whole residence. Did it scare me one bit that I was the one only human being stirring around out here accept for the gust of the wind that blew newspapers and leaves down the spooky avenue? All I could think about was trying to find Kelly Jane or something that would tie me to her disappearance. This place was called “The Mausoleum Cemetery” and it was not only a cemetery it was the home of the people who owned it……Harry and Henry Parker. In front of the property there was a big huge three story stone looking house and out back was the cemetery that they owned. It was only the Parker twins and their father Vincent B. Parker who lived and owned the cemetery. Harry didn’t like owning this place not one bit, but Henry and Mr. Parker took way too much pride in running this place. The story was also told that after thirty years no one ever knew what happened to the Parker twins, but Mr. Parker died in 1980. After the death of their father the Parker twins had to run the cemetery alone and harry dreaded it every day of his life. People say they never did hang around or interact with the Parker twins they kept to themselves and refused to talk to anyone. Most strangely, the boys never attended school of any kind around this area; in fact, some say believed the twins never even went to school at all. They stayed to themselves and this property day and night as if this was their only living and breathing source. No one ever knew of