by MacShayne
Three hours later at the office
Lisa Neagley returns to the office after three hours. Before the receptionist can inform her about the briefcase, Lisa advices Chief Roberts to minimize the patrol and to only keep the roadblocks active. Then when Lisa leaves Chief Roberts’ office, the receptionist finally gets to her.
‘Lisa, early in the morning a man came her for you. He wanted to hand over a briefcase to you. But you weren’t here and I said to him that he could deliver it half an hour later when we were open, he left it on the doorstep and so I took it in for you.’
‘Can you describe him?’
‘Not really, he covered himself pretty good. Perhaps because it’s cold outside and snowing again.’
‘Nothing that was strange about him?’
‘Well he did ignore me, but no. Yeah, he was wearing sun glasses.’
‘When?’
‘About three hours ago.’
‘I’ll be damned. Chief Roberts!’
‘We need to get everybody back on the streets, our suspect is still in town! We need to catch this guy, he drives a grey ford and has disguised himself.’
Earlier that morning
After Richard passed out, Mitch dragged the man towards the trunk where a death Butch and a death Simon were laying in. Then he drilled a few holes in the trunk for air support. He dumped Richard in the trunk with only a wrench. Afterwards he took a welder out of the briefcase that he took out of the barn earlier. Eventually Mitch weld the trunk so there was no escape possible for Richard. After Mitch was done he could hear that Richard was gaining his conscious again. Mitch uncovered the car that was stalled in the old barn. It was also not a new car. It was a Mercedes 190 D probably build in 1991. He drove the car out of the barn and parked his old ford inside. He covered the car up with the same blankets he used to hide the Mercedes. After he was done, he left the keys of the ford under the trunk, thus visible for Richard. Then he stepped into the Mercedes and drove away.
At the office
Because the briefcase was closed and it was uncertain what would be in it, Lisa took the briefcase in the basement were Deputy Holland opened it. Holland was a partly trained bomb expert, but eventually failed to pass the finals. After the briefcase was opened, Lisa, Holland and Chief Roberts found the stuff that Mitch had left them with.
‘Look at all of this, tape recordings, files, everything about Doug Raid.’ Chief Roberts noticed.
‘Damn, even a letter to you Lisa, he must have liked you.’ Holland said.
‘After a few days spending on this man’s actions, I am back at the beginning. Who for god’s sake is Mitch Crowne?’
Roadblock 2
While a green Golf was being inspected, three cars were in line. A red Mazda, a brown MG and as third.. a Black Mercedes. The first three cars were inspected but when it was the black Mercedes’ turn, the two police officers let them go without an inspection. Behind the wheel was Mitch Crowne, he had cut his hair and died it blonde while next to him was sitting a woman that needed a ride to a place called Harkema.
She asked: ‘Why didn’t they check this car?’
‘Because they are probably looking for a car where there’s only one person in it.’
‘Oh, I see.’
At the office
Dear Lisa Neagley,
I can’t say that I enjoyed my stay in Easing much, the hospitality wasn’t a-plus you know. As of now, you probably know I’m a man with a history, so be it. In the end, I stumbled on a few persons that needed to be punished. I have succeed in that mission I guess. You may feel played with, and you can’t let me go that easily. To be honest, I’ll be disappointed if you’re not. I promise you that I won’t harm the innocent, but I’m not a hero. I also know that you have nothing on me that proves me to be involved with any of the things that happened the last couple of days. Not even this letter. You have a story, that’s all.. I hope you’ll get your promotion, you solved Doug Raid’s murder. Congrats! The coordinates I included, which I may have found somewhere in room number four, you should check it out. This is the Goodbye I guess.
Easing, March 22 2009
Authorities have found the Grey Ford Mitch was using the last days about 10 kilometres outside Easing. According to the number plates, the car belonged to Doug Raid and it was stolen three years ago. When Lisa arrives, she finds out that the trunk was welded. ‘What’s in it?’ she asked Deputy Holland.
‘You don’t want to know Lisa.’
Three weeks later, Chief of Police Roberts reassigned and Lisa Neagley was promoted to City police. Deputy Holland took over as the new Chief of Police while Lucy McDonnell joined the police of Easing two years later. The bar called the bridge got a new bartender called Christina McDonnell.
Alan and Holy never returned to the Netherlands again. Where they started a new life is unknown.
After three years, the only police officer left in Easing is Lucy McDonnell.
Mitch Crowne’s picture was used on the news as possible suspect.
XXX The End XXX
Thank you for reading this book. I hope you enjoyed reading it as I did writing it. I’m still perfecting my storytelling and grammar skills and hope the mistakes you encountered weren’t too disturbing since this is my first release and it’s free. There’s more to come, so I added a little preview for you here.
MacShayne
About the author
MacShayne is the pseudonym of a Frisian born Dutch writer and actor. He mainly writes English romance- or thriller short stories. Apart from short stories, he also writes lyrics and film scripts. Currently, he is also working on his first Dutch novel which will tie-in with some of his romance short stories. As an actor, he has made multiple appearances in Dutch or Frisian (short)films and series.
Apart from writing and acting, he also completed Small Business and Retail Management at Hanze University of Applied Sciences, Groningen in 2017. His other interests include supporting football club PSV Eindhoven, collecting various CD’s and DVD’s, sports, history, travelling and reading books. In the future he wants to learn at least three more foreign languages.
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‘Good afternoon madam, do you need any help?’
‘Hello mister Chief Holland, I didn’t know you would find me this fast.’
Chief Holland looked surprised and yet he stayed calm. ‘I don’t know if we have ever met before, but it looks like you’re lost or something.’
She turned around and looked right into Chief Holland’s eyes. ‘Six weeks ago you were visited by an extraordinary male, about 1.88 metres long and…’
‘Yeah I know madam. But we’re not investigating anymore.’
‘You’re better than I thought you would be Holland. But, I assume you can’t tell me why there is nothing to be found at the crime scenes?’
‘Listen, I was here when the things happened, so does the rest of Easing’s population. We like to erase this memory and would appreciate it, if not some other stranger continues the outburst of aggression that madman started! But if you want to find out anything more about it, you should visit City Police department in Groningen. I recommend personally my former colleague Lisa Neagley.’
‘First of all sir, I don’t take orders from you. But, I appreciate you’re cooperation. I can’t promise that I won’t come back, for now I’m done here. There’s nothing to find her anyway.’
‘Have you visited the crime scenes?’
‘Yes I did.’
‘That’s a felony madam. I should arrest you right now.’
‘You don’t even know the slightest bit about me. You don’t even know what hit you’re town a couple of weeks ago.. so hard.’
‘Listen, I don’t like being downgraded like you do now, which is in this country another felony! Second, I almost arrested that madman myself, I saw him leaving a house but I couldn’t
leave my partner. ‘
‘So you have seen Mitch Crowne with your own eyes you say?’
‘Yeah! And I almost caught him.’
The women looked the other way and a smile appeared on her face. ‘You’re lucky Chief Holland.’
‘Why, last time I checked I didn’t win the lottery.’
‘You’re lucky to be still breathing. Funny joke though.’
The women turned around and ran towards her black BMW (5-series F10) which was probably a rental. Chief Holland blew of steam as he felt being humiliated. Eventually he followed her to her car. The women was about to drive away when Chief Holland tapped her window.
‘I still don’t know who and what you are madam.’
‘Good police work sir. I’m far above you’re pay grade. But because you helped so well, my first name is Eveline.’
Eveline drove away afterwards and headed towards Groningen. She looked beside her on the co-driver’s seat and looked at a document with the codename Mitch Crowne. Above the document was a picture of him taken just three months ago. It was perfectly clear that someone wants to catch Mitch Crowne, but why? And who is Eveline and does she know mister Crowne?
