Spider Quinn 07: Ashes to Ashes - Part 1

07 Ashes to Ashes
A car was being chased along a back road. “Come on, pick up!” the woman driving said.

“Hello?”

“Is that Helen Morgendorffer?”

“No, it’s her daughter, Daria.”

“Oh. Is she there?”

“Yes, but who is this?” Daria asked.

“Tell her it’s Linda Ballinger.”


Helen didn’t quite understand what Daria said. “Daria, you know as well as I do, that Linda Ballinger is dead.”

“I know, but this woman says that she is Linda Ballinger.”

Helen sighed. “Here,” she said, before grabbing the phone from Daria. “Hello?”

“Helen!”

‘If it is Linda, she sounds a little different,’ Helen thought quickly. “Linda?” she asked.

“Yes, it’s me. I need a place to stay and Lawndale was the closet place where a friend or family is living.”

“I see,” Helen said. “But I’ll need proof that you are who you say you are.”

“I’ll tell you about something that happened in the 1980’s…”

( Helen clicked off the phone. )