Partners #2

By Christopher Lee Cousino

Herbert Vale attempts to learn more about his secret partner after bringing the monster another human meal. Later, Herbert meets up with his mortal partner at a cabin in the woods as they investigate a pedophile's funhouse. What they find there turns Herbert's world upside down, and the old detective may never be the same again.

Tag along with Detective Herbert Vale as he continues to take the law into his own hands, and his partner's paws, in another fun and eerily entertaining short story from Christopher Lee Cousino, author of the superhero series HOMELESS and the ZOMBIE HERO series.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Christopher Lee Cousino
• Release date: Jul 7, 2012
• ISBN: 9781476366227

Christopher Lee Cousino

By day, Christopher Lee Cousino is a Licensed Practical Nurse at a group home for special needs adults. But by night, he morphs into Super Writer, an author with the ability to lose sleep and create fiction for your enjoyment. He is hard at work on many novels and stories, so stay tuned. Christopher lives in Hudsonville, Michigan with his beautiful wife, three wonderful children, two free-loading cats, and his brave, loyal chocolate lab. www.christopherleecousino.com

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Partners #2

Partners

Short Story Series

By

Christopher Lee Cousino

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Partners #2

Partners

Short Story Series

SMASHWORDS Edition

Copyright © 2012 by Christopher Lee Cousino

Copyright © 2012 by BSIC Publishing Company

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This is a work of fiction. All characters, organizations, locations, and events portrayed in this story are either products of the author’s imagination or used fictitiously. Any resemblance to any real person, living or deceased, is completely coincidental.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Chapter One

Chapter Two

Chapter Three

Chapter Four

Chapter Five

Chapter Six

About the Author

I don’t think you should support the death penalty to seek revenge. I don’t think that’s right. I think the reason to support the death penalty is because it saves other people’s lives.

George W. Bush

(Presidential Debate October 17, 2000)

Chapter 1

"So, what in the hell are you, anyways?"

Detective Herbert Vale’s secret partner, who was devouring his latest meal, paused long enough to glance at Herbert before continuing eating, ignoring the detective’s question. The freakish monster huddled in the entrance to the unfinished and forgotten subway of Detroit, the same place Herbert had met him and the same place he always met him with the beast’s latest dish. Which was exactly what Herbert was doing there, watching in disgust as his partner scarfed down what remained of Nate Mckey.

After discovering evidence in Mckey’s apartment that the slime-ball was a pedophile and a possible rapist, Herbert went home and fired up the Skylark, his vehicle of choice for these jobs. It wasn’t hard to find the obnoxious, arrogant prick. All Herbert had to do was wait at Mckey’s apartment, and the little bastard strolled right up to the