Murder On Worthy Hill

Big Connections

"Hey, Abby."

"Yes, Aaron?"

"Should we, uh.. Should we talk to the people on the radio.

"What? Are you crazy?" she hissed.

"Maybe a little. But I was thinking, we could say over the radio where we should meet up, like an exact location, then wait to see if they go there."

"You know, that could work."

"It may just be possible."

"If we were going to do this, when would be the best time to?"

"It's gonna have to be in the day, with crowds of people, so if anything goes wrong, we have hundreds of witnesses."

"Okay, what else?"

"It also needs to be in a location where they can't easily hide, run away, or other things."

"The best time to do this is at noon tomorrow."

"Yes, let's do it."

Eventually...

The sun was emitting rays of heat, and made sweat drip from Aaron's forehead. It was also in the center of the sky, and signified the start of Abby and Aaron's new mission. Abby held her radio, and spoke into it, "Hey, Aaron, I'm at that natural park we were in that one time. The one next to the pharmacy, and next to the massive fountain."

"Okay, I'll be there in a jiffy." Aaron was sitting a few feet away from Abby. This was so they couldn't interfere with each other when they spoke. They looked at each other, and Aaron said, "It's not like they'd get here in three seconds."

"You're right. Let's go inside this bakery, and wait for them in there." Abby pointed at the bakery. They walked to it, and looked around. Aaron showed Abby a loaf of bread, and crunched it between his hands. The sound of crackling bread crust was gentle, but made it seem like it was the freshest one around. Abby was wearing a hoodie, and Aaron was wearing a baseball cap. This was their simple way to disguise themselves. Abby looked out the window, "Psst, Aaron, there they are." There were two buff men outside of the pharmacy, and one walked over to the fountain.

Aaron grabbed his radio, and walked away from Abby, "Hey, Abby. Did you say the park next to the pharmacy?"

She grabbed her radio, and spoke into it, "Yeah. The park over there." Aaron ran back to Abby, and saw the two men make their way to the park. There were still many people by the park, but not as many as the area by the fountain. This was so they could move easier in the crowds of people.

"Should we sneak behind them, and follow them?"

"Yeah, but keep your distance. And if anything gets messy, just casually move your hood over your face; I'll do the same with my hat." he said. They walked, slowly and quietly, but kept it casual and inconspicuous.

"What are we going to do when they get there?"

"I was thinking to record them speaking."

"Okay, good idea." Abby said, nodding her head. They tiptoed behind a giant oak tree, and followed the men. But pretended to be on their phone when other people were around. The two men stopped behind a path sign. One guy said, "Where are they. The girl said they'd meet in the park by the pharmacy," he pointed to the pharmacy. Abby took out her phone and recorded them speaking, "and by the 'massive' fountain." he also pointed to the fountain.

The other guy said, "I don't know. Maybe they went deeper into the park. These trees are getting in the way."

"They are annoying, aren't they?"

"Yeah, let's go further into the park."

Abby stopped the recording. "Do you think this is enough?"

"Did you get them both?"

"Yeah."

"Then that should be enough, let's get out of here."

"Okay."

Aaron parked his car in the driveway of his house. The winds blew rapidly, and the sun was scintillating. Abby opened her door, and the papers that were laying on her lap flew out of the car. Aaron ran out and grabbed them, "Phew, that was a close one." Abby said.

"Sure was." They went inside and listened to the recording.

"-don't know. Maybe they went deeper into the park. These trees are getting in the way.

They are annoying, aren't they-"

Aaron listened to their voices, and thought for a few moments.

"Whatcha thinking about, Aaron?"

He was silent for a second, "...One of them; they sounded like the guy who said 'well done' to me when I was on the roof. I'll never forget that moment. That was the scariest few minutes of my life."

"Which one of them sounded like who?"

"The guy who said 'they are annoying, aren't they' sounded like the guy from before."

"How do you know for sure?"

"He had the distinctive Russian accent, and the voice was scratchy."

"Okay, this is good news."

"What?"

"We actually know those people were, for sure, the people on the radio."

Aaron suddenly got up from the seat he was in, "Hold on a sec!"

"Why, what's up?" Abby asked, frightened.

"The man, the man with the Russian accent. It, was the same guy from my nightmare I had two nights ago."

"What nightmare?"

"This was what I was talking about on the radio yesterday morning."

"What was the nightmare about. Must've been pretty scary if it involved these people."

"It was scary, to say the least." he said, sitting back down, "First of all, an alarm went off in the kitchen; I vaguely remember what happened after that, but I definitely remember a man sitting on the couch. He suddenly grabbed me and said, something along the lines of, 'Hail, the L.A.? Or something like that. And he said it in a distinctively scratchy Russian accent!"

"Wow, that's pretty elaborate."

"Nightmares are always the ones you remember most, huh?"

"Yeah." Abby said. She quickly got up, and got a drink of water. "It's been pretty hot out there recently, hasn't it?

"Yeah, much warmer than it was last week."