The Girl Who Told Stories - paperback

🔥New town. Same kind of bad guys.🔥 Once we were out of earshot, I took a notebook and pen from my purse and raised my eyebrows. “What have we got?” Brady looked toward the gas station. “The station received an emergency call twenty-five minutes ago. I was the nearest responder, so I drove over, arriving seven minutes after the phone call. The convenience store didn’t have any customers, but the clerk was in the bathroom in significant pain. She had burns on her face and neck, so I called for paramedics. They arrived fifteen minutes after my call and checked the young lady out. Because she was in so much pain, they gave her a sedative and took her to Eastview Medical Center with the lights and sirens going.” Eastview was the local hospital. It had a small ER and a fair number of doctors, but most serious cases would have gone to UNC Medical Center in Chapel Hill. I nodded and wrote down the information. “Tell me about these burns,” I said. “Any idea how she got them?” He looked down and