Mystery : Cozy Mystery: Murder on Board the Macedonia (mystery, thriller, cozy, shocking, short stories) (short reads, detective, murder, suspense) by Athena Dorsey Read Free Book Online Page B

all of the freedom that he ever needed and so it had grown to become some sanctuary at the end of it all.
     
    And so without wasting any more time, Dr. Greene decided that it was about time he went out for a drink. Of course, it was noon, but that didn’t count at any point. All he needed was to get his head cleared, and there was no other place that he could get to think of that would do such a fine job when it came to giving himself some sanctuary.
     
    Thankfully, the club was just a ten minutes’ drive from where he lived, and so it meant that he wasn’t going to have to work too darn hard before he could get on top of the game just like he had wanted. And by getting on top of his game, Dr. Greene was thinking about getting plastered drunk, more than he was used to.
     
    From the look of things, it always seemed as though every single thing would make some incredible sense if at all he got drunk, got over the crazy hangover and then have a clear head.
     
    And as he was driving, Dr. Greene was trying very much not to think about any damn thing to do with the bizarre experiment at the moment. Despite being such an amazing breakthrough and something of note as far as the scientific society was concerned, it still didn’t hide the fact that it was the scariest thing he had ever seen.
     
    And to make things worse, Dr. Greene knew the possibility of having opened a portal through some very dangerous dimensions that could get some dangerous creatures into this one. And if that would be the case, then he would become responsible for single handedly destroying human kind without even trying too darn hard.
     
    Once he got in the bar, it seemed as though the whole place had been abandoned and Tori was just sitting there trying her level best to look cute. She was back to wearing her makeup as well as the skimpy dresses and at first, she looked a little bit surprised to see Dr. Greene back so soon and so early.
     
    “Look at you there! I see you are becoming a very stubborn alcoholic, something that most definitely needs some serious remedying in the end.”
    “Woman, you have no idea. Can you fix me a martini? And please, I don’t want any chasers on it.”
    “You want it dry?”
    “Yes. I want it dry.” Dr. Greene responded without looking at Tori in the face.
     
    It was almost as if Tori would suddenly have talons and horns just like his test subject had and for a moment, it occurred to him that maybe he was just overreacting. And that was what he was doing at that time, and so he had no other choice but to let go of his negative thoughts. But still, Dr. Greene couldn’t hide the fact that he was scared shitless with the invention that he had come up with at the time.
     
    “There you go. But remember, if you are planning on drinking yourself to sleep, then I should warn you in advance that I don’t have the energy to carry you. Make sure you can manage to take yourself the hell out of here.”
    “Such a nice way to treat your customers Tori.”
     
    She just smiled and walked to the other side of the bar to take care of a client, leaving Dr. Greene to his drink. He sighed for a moment while rubbing his hands, still trying to understand just what the heck had happened to him. As far as he was concerned, the only thing that was considered as magic or science fiction, as popularly known, had just occurred in the home lab, and it was scary.
     
    According to his contract, Dr. Greene was supposed to report every single thing that had happened as soon as possible. But the committee had rejected his invention terming it impossible to achieve and absurd. And thanks to their cruelty, he used that as his motivation and now he was on the brink of getting on top of his game and eventually staying ahead of the curve without any problems at all.
     
    At that moment, Dr. Greene decided that maybe it would be a good idea if he just stopped thinking way too much about his invention and just focus on having a drink. But no