1 Death Warmed Over by Kent Holloway

Author:Kent Holloway [Holloway, Kent]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2018-07-10T04:00:00+00:00

23

SAND CASTLE CONDOMINIUMS

THURSDAY, 3:40 PM

Becca pulled her cruiser into the parking lot of the Sand Castle Condominiums and parked it in the same spot she’d pulled into yesterday. Officer Sharron’s car was once more parked a few spaces over, but no one was inside the vehicle.

“Strange,” Becca said as they climbed out of the patrol unit. “Tim should be here.”

“Unless he’s making one of those random rounds he told you about yesterday.”

“Good point.”

“I hate to say I told you so,” Silas said, as they started making their way for Andrea’s front door.

“Then don’t.”

“Yeah, but James Andrews seems to agree with me that Blakely is our guy.”

“True, but neither of you are cops, are you?” They turned onto the sidewalk leading directly to Andrea’s door. “There’s a little thing we need called evidence before we can start accusing people of murder.”

“Well, that’s why we’re here isn’t it? To see if there’s anything we missed that might tie Blakely to her death?”

She nodded. “Keep in mind though, until the medical examiner rules this a homicide, we’re only conducting a death investigation. Nothing more. So, technically, we’re here just to search for any medication, drugs, or poisons that CSU might have missed.” She paused. “Of course, if we happen to see anything we might have missed the last time we were here, all the better.”

“Personally, I’d like to take a closer look at those Santeria paraphernalia in Andrea’s living room,” Silas said. “I can’t put my finger on it, but after seeing Blakely’s collection, I know there was something off about her own.”

They came to the door and Becca froze, pointing to the police tape attached to the frame—or rather, the tape that was supposed to be attached. Now, the yellow and black tape hung limply against the wood, flapping occasionally in the breeze.

“Curious,” Silas said, but was cut off before he could say anything else by Becca placing a finger to her lips.

She withdrew her sidearm and flicked the safety off, then motioned for Silas to sneak around to the back of the property in case someone was still inside and decided to make a run for it out the sliding glass door. Afterwards, she pointed to herself, then held up a hand with all five fingers sticking out, closed the hand into a fist, and opened it again.

Wait for my signal before entering, she silently ordered him.

Nodding his understanding, he left her, disappearing around the corner of the building. Of course, she’d only done that to get him out of the way. Grim Reaper or not, she still wasn’t convinced that he was immortal now that he was in human form. She wasn’t sure how it all worked and wasn’t willing to take any chances. To the public, he was a civilian and she was going to treat him that way. She couldn’t have him traipsing into dangerous situations if she could help it. It was bad enough he’d been attacked by three thugs earlier that morning. Like it or not, he was her responsibility and she would do what she needed in order to keep him safe.

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