4 girls. 4 months. and 22 days. Slack-jawed and bleary-eyed Agent Lefleur sifted back through the notes, photos, reports, and dictations that covered the desk of his motel room. His hand reached absently for a coffee cup he'd thrown against a wall an hour ago. Time nagged at his mind and crept down his spine. 22 days. The town freak, the hunchback of Bastrop, LA, seemed so likely a suspect. But he was in custody, drunk and disorderly, for abduction number 3. 4 girls. The town, an old Southern town, was full of secrets. And he, an outsider, a damn Yankee no less, was stuck prying those secrets from swamp-dirtied fingers. Sure, everyone wanted to help, but nobody wanted to say, least of all the gun-happy coot circling town. 4 months. And that drama teacher, the one with the preacher's smile and the devil's eyes, he just stuck out there. Clean. Gentile, he thought the word was around here. Too slick. Too something. 22 days. Time to ask questions. Time for answers. Time to act. No time. 2008-06-12T16:21:55Z http://ficlets.com/feed/story/29514 <p> LOL @ Jen&#8217;s comment because I was thinking the same thing.</p> http://ficlets.com/stories/29514?basename=70251 2008-06-12T16:21:55Z Ana Cristina http://ficlets.com/authors/asimon78 <p>Yes I see the connections as well. You&#8217;re doing a good job on this series so far.</p> http://ficlets.com/stories/29514?basename=66163 2008-05-29T18:22:10Z Hunting Beauty http://ficlets.com/authors/missourigirl <p>Yeah, I&#8217;m starting to perceive some connections here. This is good stuff.</p> http://ficlets.com/stories/29514?basename=63275 2008-05-19T01:26:18Z kaellinn18 http://ficlets.com/authors/kaellinn18 <p>i think i see how the characters are going to connect. lets watch</p> http://ficlets.com/stories/29514?basename=62465 2008-05-15T14:17:18Z PyroPunk 51 (PPP LoA) http://ficlets.com/authors/pyropunk <p>the usual suspects&#8230;</p> http://ficlets.com/stories/29514?basename=60995 2008-05-08T18:53:10Z SKermitgorf http://ficlets.com/authors/kermitgorf <p>It was the butler&#8230; or maybe the janitor..but we don&#8217;t <em>have</em> a butler nor janitor. Oh well, my calculations and deductions have failed me. ;D But on with the seriousness&#8230;.<br />.<br />I&#8230; LOVE .. this series!!! Definitely in my top three. Maybe even my top 1, though it <em>is</em> still early in the game.</p> http://ficlets.com/stories/29514?basename=60639 2008-05-06T21:03:07Z Jenunique http://ficlets.com/authors/jenunique <p>Ah hah! I knew you were setting the table for something interesting.</p> http://ficlets.com/stories/29514?basename=60612 2008-05-06T15:59:46Z thebetweenspace http://ficlets.com/authors/thebetweenspace