{"sf1_id":254498,"sf2_id":"dmWyvpL1","title":"Preview - A Bump In The Night Chapter 16 - Preview","author":"Vendetta","words":466,"posted_at":"2011-05-31T00:21:00.000Z","tags":["Brother","Cub","Female","Fennec","Leopard","Male","Preview","Series","Sister"],"url":"https://fse.anthro.fr/stories/254498-preview-a-bump-in-the-night-chapter-16-preview","original_url":"https://sofurry.com/s/dmWyvpL1","image_url":"https://cdn.sofurryfiles.com/submissions/thumbnails/b0/38/b038f8bb-5b82-439c-8ac3-b2d0afc172f8","description":"#3 of BITN Scraps\n\nMy Eurofurence fund has taken several leaps ahead lately; go here to find out what that...","content":"My Eurofurence fund has taken several leaps ahead lately; go here to find out what that's all about: [http://www.sofurry.com/page/252855/user](http://www.sofurry.com/page/252855/user), and please click here to donate: [https://inkbunny.net/donate.php?user\\_id=3176](https://inkbunny.net/donate.php?user_id=3176). More on that later. \u0026nbsp;With that boost, and it being the end of the month, I wanted to give you guys and girls a little show of faith. \u0026nbsp;A lot of chapter 16 is done, and so with no further delay, here is an exclusive sneak preview of it:\n\n\\*\\*\\*\\*\\*\\*\\*\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\nValerie picked up the phone and then stopped, the receiver partway to her ear. \u0026nbsp;Her heart pounded; this wasn't like her. \u0026nbsp;There wasn't time for this. \u0026nbsp;There wasn't time to waste. \u0026nbsp;Pride came before a fall, and she had to swallow hers. The vixen began dialling, glancing round her darkened office. \u0026nbsp;Everyone had gone home hours ago, herself included. \u0026nbsp;A pause, some clicks, and then the ringing tone. \u0026nbsp;She could always go home again later. \u0026nbsp;Another click and then a male voice answered.\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\n\"Julian. \u0026nbsp;Who is this?\"\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\nShe took a deep breath, squeezed the phone a little tighter, then spoke. \u0026nbsp;\"Mr Fleck, sorry to bother you at this late hour--\"\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\n\"I said who is this?\" \u0026nbsp;He cut her off, impatience and tiredness bleeding through his words.\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\n\"Mr Fleck, this is Doctor Shoemaker, you saw me--\"\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\nHe cut her off again, \"You've got some nerve. \u0026nbsp;Do you have any idea what we're going through? \u0026nbsp;Do you have any idea what you did? \u0026nbsp;Do you have any idea how we felt, taking those hateful paternity tests? \u0026nbsp;How dare y--\"\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\nShe raised her voice, hackles raising too. \"Mr Fleck. \u0026nbsp;Mr Fleck! \u0026nbsp;We havn't got the time for this. \u0026nbsp;She called me.\"\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\nThe words died in his throat with a strangled sound. \u0026nbsp;\"...What?\"\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\nOne paw clenched into a fist, she pleaded with the empty air above her office desk. \u0026nbsp;\"Katie called me.\" \u0026nbsp;Now, suddenly, the fennec was trembling.\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\nA sharp intake of breath. \u0026nbsp;\"You've spoken to her? \u0026nbsp;To them? \u0026nbsp;They're okay? \u0026nbsp;You know where they are?\"\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\n\"Yes Mister Fleck, but--\" \u0026nbsp;A tinny growl crept from the phone's earpiece to the doctor's large ears, conveyed from mercifully far away.\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\nHe snarled down the line. \u0026nbsp;\"Well, tell me woman! \u0026nbsp;Where are they? \u0026nbsp;Tell me!\" \u0026nbsp;The leopard was shouting now.\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\nValerie cringed, pausing for a moment to gather herself. \u0026nbsp;\"I'm sorry Mister Fleck, she made me promise I wouldn't.\" There was a sudden sound down the line of plastic groaning and creaking well beyond its design limits, a crack, a loud electronic squeal, then silence. \u0026nbsp;The line went dead. \u0026nbsp;The fennec gently replaced the phone on its receiver, and with a tight smile, retrieved a small can of pepper spray from her desk. \u0026nbsp;She sat down and waited.\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\n\\*\\*\\*\\*\\*\\*\\*\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\nTo be continued!\n  \n  \n\n","series":{"name":"BITN Scraps","previous":"https://fse.anthro.fr/stories/137040-a-bump-in-the-night-special-crossing-spots-repost.json"}}