The Secrets You Hide: A Mind-Blowing Thriller (The Psychosis Series) by Alex Crimson Page A
Authors: Alex Crimson
Tags: Psychological, Literature & Fiction, Thrillers, Crime, Mystery; Thriller & Suspense, Crime Fiction, Teen & Young Adult, Noir, Thrillers & Suspense, Psychological Thrillers
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camera outside?” I asked. I had noticed a camera fixed on the wall next to the door when I was entering the diner.
The manager did as I had asked. On the screen, I saw Annie and Sarah enter the diner. Then some time later, Jack followed them.
We shifted again to the feed from the camera inside the diner. I noticed Jack sitting two tables behind Annie and Sarah. He had ordered something to drink and seemed to be observing them from a distance.
About twenty minutes later, Annie called for the check. Simultaneously, Jack left some money on the table and walked out of the diner. Shifting back to the outside camera, we saw Jack standing motionless a few feet away from the door. He looked momentarily at the camera, with the same cold stare which he had used with the camera at my clinic.
A few more minutes passed before Annie and Sarah exited the diner and walked towards their car. Jack let them pass by him and when they were a few feet ahead of him he started to follow them. Soon, all three of them were far away from the camera and their faces could hardly be recognized on the pixelated video.
Annie and Sarah got into the car–Sarah into the backseat, while Annie into the driver’s seat. Neither of them had noticed Jack. Jack walked past the car and then around it, finally coming to a stop next to the passenger seat. He turned to his right and then to his left probably to make sure that no one was watching them.
We saw him extract something from his overcoat–something that looked like a gun. He pointed it at Annie through the window. The glass on the side of the passenger seat had been lowered and he had a direct shot at her. We saw Annie through the windshield as she bent backward in shock, her hands lifted in defense. Then a few seconds later Jack got into the car and sat in the passenger seat. Immediately after, they drove away.
“We need to inform the police about this!” the waiter exclaimed.
The manager nodded and turned in his chair to look at me. I could see that he was embarrassed about taking the bribe earlier. I felt their gaze as I processed what to do. I felt like I finally understood why Jack was making me look for Annie and Sarah this way.
He probably knew that I could not have obtained direct access to the video recordings that we were looking at. He probably knew that the employees of the diner would have accompanied me as I watched the footage, just like they had. And, he wanted me to convince them to not involve the police. Maybe even lie to them that I already had. If ever there was an investigation into the events related to the kidnapping, I could end up being implicated directly or indirectly because I had intentionally kept the police out of it. And now there would be eyewitnesses who could testify to that.
The waiter shook me by the shoulder and I realized that I had just stood there in silence longer than I should have.
“The police already know.” I said.
Both of them nodded. “We are very sorry, sir,” the manager said. “Please let us know if we can offer any other help.”
I said nothing and walked out of the diner. I got into my car and sat there for a few minutes. My hands were on the steering, shivering and numb. The weather had nothing to do with it. It was not the cold which was causing the shiver. It was fear.
What is Jack trying to do? I asked myself. What was this visit about? I could not shake the feeling that there was a hidden motive behind this.
Sitting in the car, I made a list of observations trying to connect the pieces of information that I had. All calls that Jack had made to me were from Annie’s cellphone. There was no recording of our phone conversations to prove that it was Jack who was actually making the calls and not Annie. I had lied to Frank–Annie’s father–that everything was okay and that we would visit him over the weekend. I had been forced to act normal even though both my patients and my employees at the clinic had noticed that I was
The manager did as I had asked. On the screen, I saw Annie and Sarah enter the diner. Then some time later, Jack followed them.
We shifted again to the feed from the camera inside the diner. I noticed Jack sitting two tables behind Annie and Sarah. He had ordered something to drink and seemed to be observing them from a distance.
About twenty minutes later, Annie called for the check. Simultaneously, Jack left some money on the table and walked out of the diner. Shifting back to the outside camera, we saw Jack standing motionless a few feet away from the door. He looked momentarily at the camera, with the same cold stare which he had used with the camera at my clinic.
A few more minutes passed before Annie and Sarah exited the diner and walked towards their car. Jack let them pass by him and when they were a few feet ahead of him he started to follow them. Soon, all three of them were far away from the camera and their faces could hardly be recognized on the pixelated video.
Annie and Sarah got into the car–Sarah into the backseat, while Annie into the driver’s seat. Neither of them had noticed Jack. Jack walked past the car and then around it, finally coming to a stop next to the passenger seat. He turned to his right and then to his left probably to make sure that no one was watching them.
We saw him extract something from his overcoat–something that looked like a gun. He pointed it at Annie through the window. The glass on the side of the passenger seat had been lowered and he had a direct shot at her. We saw Annie through the windshield as she bent backward in shock, her hands lifted in defense. Then a few seconds later Jack got into the car and sat in the passenger seat. Immediately after, they drove away.
“We need to inform the police about this!” the waiter exclaimed.
The manager nodded and turned in his chair to look at me. I could see that he was embarrassed about taking the bribe earlier. I felt their gaze as I processed what to do. I felt like I finally understood why Jack was making me look for Annie and Sarah this way.
He probably knew that I could not have obtained direct access to the video recordings that we were looking at. He probably knew that the employees of the diner would have accompanied me as I watched the footage, just like they had. And, he wanted me to convince them to not involve the police. Maybe even lie to them that I already had. If ever there was an investigation into the events related to the kidnapping, I could end up being implicated directly or indirectly because I had intentionally kept the police out of it. And now there would be eyewitnesses who could testify to that.
The waiter shook me by the shoulder and I realized that I had just stood there in silence longer than I should have.
“The police already know.” I said.
Both of them nodded. “We are very sorry, sir,” the manager said. “Please let us know if we can offer any other help.”
I said nothing and walked out of the diner. I got into my car and sat there for a few minutes. My hands were on the steering, shivering and numb. The weather had nothing to do with it. It was not the cold which was causing the shiver. It was fear.
What is Jack trying to do? I asked myself. What was this visit about? I could not shake the feeling that there was a hidden motive behind this.
Sitting in the car, I made a list of observations trying to connect the pieces of information that I had. All calls that Jack had made to me were from Annie’s cellphone. There was no recording of our phone conversations to prove that it was Jack who was actually making the calls and not Annie. I had lied to Frank–Annie’s father–that everything was okay and that we would visit him over the weekend. I had been forced to act normal even though both my patients and my employees at the clinic had noticed that I was
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