Don't Scream

Chapter 47

Brian left the dolls with the technician in the lab, getting digital photo's of each. In five mins. He had color eight by ten glossies in his briefcase. He went down two floors to the command center, where Dean and stard and Daniel was looking at a laptop.

"What happened?" Brian asked. Dean looked wired.

"Another phone call just came in Sarra's house."

"No." Brian said ."shit."

"It was too short to trace."

"Let me hear it"

Daniel pushed some buttons. Brandon's voice came through the speakers.

"Sarra where are you?. He went on right through it not waiting for her to pick up." You think I won't get you. Don't you know the police can't protect you.Not the FBI either.. I am too good. and I am close. I can almost reach out and touch you anytime I want.I can hear your voice in my ears.....

Dial tone. Brian's pulse was going like a racehorse.

"That is all that came through on a cell phone purchased by Brandon about a month ago.." Daniel said before Brian could get his thoughts together to ask."That is the first call that has ever been placed from it. and." He said."It bounced of towers that serves Sarra's neighborhood."

Brian's gut knotted.

"Panama city police is canvasing the neighborhood in the cell tower range now." Dean said." We could get lucky and find someone who saw him."

So Brandon was right there, within blocks of Sarra's home. at least for the moment he made the call. He could have drove by made the call then rolled out.

"Brian" Dean said." the net is so tight around Sarra's house there is no way he could get in there."

Brian noticed Dean was looking at him hard. trying to encourage him.. Like he expected Brian to blow.

They all did.

Cool, now stay sane. He couldn't fly off the handle if Dean was going to keep him in the loop. He had to stay focused. The dolls.

"I am supposed to tell you what I learned from Sarra right?" Brian asked he pulled three pairs of pictures from his briefcase.Three pairs of eyes followed." This is Jessica Davis who was murdered in Seattle.he said using a magnet to stick it to the board.."Her eyelids were cut off". He stuck the picture of the doll just beneath it."This is the first set of dolls Sarra was appraising. She received it from Boise, where the owner lives. The doll was in perfect condition except her eyes are supposed to close when she is lying down. They don't"

Dean frowned and crossed his arms.

Brian put up the next picture." Mary lance. Indianapolis Her legs had tiny bloodlines lacerations snaking through grayish flesh, like spider webs" Everyone on the task force have seen the pictures but still winced when they seen them." and this." Brian said pulling out the photo of the second doll with cracked legs."Is the second doll Sarra received.' He paused letting everyone look.

"Holy shit." Dean whispered.

"Now." Brian said producing one more pair of pictures. "Our local soccer mom, Murdered in her van and wearing a blouse her husband didn't recognize." He put up the picture of the third doll just beneath."The blouse on this doll isn't part of the original clothing. Compared to the rest of the outfit its new."

Silence gripped the room and finally Daniel said."shit."

"Does Sarra know?" Stard asked.

"A little not all."

"What about the two missing women? Dean asked

"The woman Margret Chadborne the owner of the dolls has been claiming all a long that two dolls have been lost in the mail. Sarra has been waiting for them to arrive for the past week.And" He said "Mrs chad borne is here. She flew in yesterday."

A sound whispered through Stards lips."He is going to kill her." she said "The minute he realizes we know he is using her, he is going to kill her."

"Or she is in on it with him. Daniel said"Maybe he is paying her to send the dolls."

Dean stared at the photo's "we are going to find her body in a dumpster aren't we.?"

"Is sarra expecting anymore dolls?" Stard asked.

"Yes but she does not know how many."

"we need to find out how many dolls Chadborne has." Stard said." If we know how many dolls Brandon has access to then maybe we can predict what he plans to do next. Figure out his pattern."

"Well we have to find Chadborne first." Brian said." we have a number , But it is a Boise based cell.she isn;t answering."

"I will check hotels." Daniel said."Car rentals"

"And the post office find those missing packages." Dean said ."Maybe the dolls inside will lead us to the missing women."

A phone rang. everyone looked at their belts. and it was deans.

A minute later he hung up and rubbed a hand over his scalp."That was the field office. A country sheriff just reported a missing gun owner there its Damien Hammond.. The man who bought Brandon james's property."

Brian stared. They all did as if their collective brain system had crashed and needed a moment to reboot.No one was saying anything when Phil walked in.

"What is going on?" he asked taken back

Brian grabbed Phi's arm and headed for the door."Road trip."