Souls At Zero (A Dark Psychological Thriller) Read Online Free
Author: Neal Martin
Mr. McCrory won't be getting any more trouble."
"Good. Glad to hear it. Man like that deserves a bit of peace. I'm telling you, kids these days should be made to enlist for a year. That'll sort them out."
"They wouldn't stick it," Edger said, thinking back to the training he went through in the Legion when he was eighteen. "They don't deserve it either."
"Probably not, Harry. So what's the plans for today then?"
Edger stood up. "Dublin Zoo."
Rankin smiled. "Haven't been there since I was kid. How about you stay here and I take Kaitlin down instead?"
"No thanks. You've a boy band to look after tonight anyway."
"Don't remind me. My daughter wants autographs as well."
"Who's doing it with you?"
"Young Jason. He hasn't much CP experience, but no one else is available."
"You know I'd be there if I wasn't seeing my daughter."
"I know, Harry. Go on. Go get your daughter. Enjoy the zoo. I'll see you Monday."
Edger left the office building and drove to his ex-wife's house to pick up his daughter. He married his ex-wife Gemma fourteen years ago, but the marriage had only lasted two. She had since remarried and divorced again. Now it was just her and their daughter, Kaitlin, which is as far as Edger could make out, is the way Gemma liked it. The house was situated in Wellington Park Avenue, just off the upmarket Malone Road area. Edger took the Lisburn Road direction. Traffic was already building up on the busy street as the Saturday morning crowds began to assemble in preparation for the shops opening. Edger turned the car left of the main road and drove into Wellington Park Avenue, stopping outside the three storey end of terrace house where his ex-wife lived.
Gemma greeted him at the front door after he knocked. She stood with a coffee mug in her hand, dressed in blue satin pyjama bottoms and a low cut white top, her long red hair spilling down over it. Her hazel eyes looked sleepy still, like she hadn't long gotten out of bed. Every time he saw her, he couldn't help but marvel at how good she looked. She had always been beautiful and she only seemed to get more so with age. Even at forty, she still looked better than most women half her age. "Morning, Harry," she said, giving him half a smile. "Missy is ready and waiting for you." She walked down the hallway into the living room as he entered the house and closed the door behind him.
Kaitlin was sitting on the large red fabric sofa watching TV as he walked into the living room. "Hi Harry," she said, smiling sweetly at him, a smile that never failed to melt his heart every time he saw it. It didn't bother him that she didn't call him Dad or Daddy. He didn't deserve that title yet anyway, if he ever would. You don't call someone Dad who has only been in your life for less than a year.
"Hey sweetheart," he said, sitting on the sofa beside her. "Ready for a day at the zoo?"
"I can't wait. I'm also starving. I hope we're going for breakfast first."
"Of course we are. What kind of man do you take me for?"
Kaitlin smiled and stood up. She was tall for her age, taking after him in that respect. While he doubted she would ever match his six feet three inches, he had no doubt she would certainly tower over most people if she kept growing the way she was. She also had her mothers long red hair, which was tied back in a ponytail, and she had on a red sweater and light blue jeans. "I'll get my shoes and coat on."
She left the room to go into the hallway, and Edger looked over at Gemma, who was snuggled into a huge rounded arm chair, her legs curled up underneath her as she cradled her over-sized coffee mug. "How's things?" he asked her.
"Fine," she said, giving him a smile that he felt was half forced. "Bit tired. Long week at the university with all the new starts."
Gemma was a lecturer in sociology at Queens University, a position she had held for the last ten years. She was also one of the smartest people he knew, which was one of the things that drew him to her in
"Good. Glad to hear it. Man like that deserves a bit of peace. I'm telling you, kids these days should be made to enlist for a year. That'll sort them out."
"They wouldn't stick it," Edger said, thinking back to the training he went through in the Legion when he was eighteen. "They don't deserve it either."
"Probably not, Harry. So what's the plans for today then?"
Edger stood up. "Dublin Zoo."
Rankin smiled. "Haven't been there since I was kid. How about you stay here and I take Kaitlin down instead?"
"No thanks. You've a boy band to look after tonight anyway."
"Don't remind me. My daughter wants autographs as well."
"Who's doing it with you?"
"Young Jason. He hasn't much CP experience, but no one else is available."
"You know I'd be there if I wasn't seeing my daughter."
"I know, Harry. Go on. Go get your daughter. Enjoy the zoo. I'll see you Monday."
Edger left the office building and drove to his ex-wife's house to pick up his daughter. He married his ex-wife Gemma fourteen years ago, but the marriage had only lasted two. She had since remarried and divorced again. Now it was just her and their daughter, Kaitlin, which is as far as Edger could make out, is the way Gemma liked it. The house was situated in Wellington Park Avenue, just off the upmarket Malone Road area. Edger took the Lisburn Road direction. Traffic was already building up on the busy street as the Saturday morning crowds began to assemble in preparation for the shops opening. Edger turned the car left of the main road and drove into Wellington Park Avenue, stopping outside the three storey end of terrace house where his ex-wife lived.
Gemma greeted him at the front door after he knocked. She stood with a coffee mug in her hand, dressed in blue satin pyjama bottoms and a low cut white top, her long red hair spilling down over it. Her hazel eyes looked sleepy still, like she hadn't long gotten out of bed. Every time he saw her, he couldn't help but marvel at how good she looked. She had always been beautiful and she only seemed to get more so with age. Even at forty, she still looked better than most women half her age. "Morning, Harry," she said, giving him half a smile. "Missy is ready and waiting for you." She walked down the hallway into the living room as he entered the house and closed the door behind him.
Kaitlin was sitting on the large red fabric sofa watching TV as he walked into the living room. "Hi Harry," she said, smiling sweetly at him, a smile that never failed to melt his heart every time he saw it. It didn't bother him that she didn't call him Dad or Daddy. He didn't deserve that title yet anyway, if he ever would. You don't call someone Dad who has only been in your life for less than a year.
"Hey sweetheart," he said, sitting on the sofa beside her. "Ready for a day at the zoo?"
"I can't wait. I'm also starving. I hope we're going for breakfast first."
"Of course we are. What kind of man do you take me for?"
Kaitlin smiled and stood up. She was tall for her age, taking after him in that respect. While he doubted she would ever match his six feet three inches, he had no doubt she would certainly tower over most people if she kept growing the way she was. She also had her mothers long red hair, which was tied back in a ponytail, and she had on a red sweater and light blue jeans. "I'll get my shoes and coat on."
She left the room to go into the hallway, and Edger looked over at Gemma, who was snuggled into a huge rounded arm chair, her legs curled up underneath her as she cradled her over-sized coffee mug. "How's things?" he asked her.
"Fine," she said, giving him a smile that he felt was half forced. "Bit tired. Long week at the university with all the new starts."
Gemma was a lecturer in sociology at Queens University, a position she had held for the last ten years. She was also one of the smartest people he knew, which was one of the things that drew him to her in
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