A Lie in Every Truth by Jamie Lee Scott

Author:Jamie Lee Scott
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Cozy Mystery, Mystery, Published 2018

Eleven

Charles

The last thing I planned to do was spend the day at the office. I had so many things to do. But a lot of my computer forensics equipment was in my office at the agency. I hadn’t expected to be sidetracked by Mimi’s case, either.

It’s not like I could just shut the door to my office and expect I wouldn’t be bothered. I had two days to go over this court case, dig into bank accounts which were likely overseas, or maybe even closed, then hop a plane to meet the witness. Something told me I might not like the witness after I went through all the files. I mean, was there a chance he was one of the less than five percent who were completely innocent? I doubted it.

Jared sent me encrypted files, which were my first order of business. A total snooze fest, but I had to start at the foundation and work my way to the penthouse suite. In this case, the penthouse suite was a funeral. In my head, even if there were dangers, I could work around them. I barely slept last night, going over the scenarios to get this guy to the funeral, then back to his other life.

And the only thing I knew was, this felt like a game. I had someone else’s life in my hands, and I could almost feel the adrenaline pumping at the thought of pulling this off.

And then came the knock at the door.

Grudgingly, I said, “Come in.”

Lydia poked her head in after opening the door a crack. “Am I bothering you?”

I forced myself not to roll my eyes and say, “Is my door usually shut?” I smiled and said, “What’s up?”

She pushed the door all the way open and stepped into my office with a cell phone and piece of paper in her hand. “I can’t find what I need, and I’d like to get into this phone.”

“What’s this for?”

She placed the phone on my desk. “It’s the Edie Pratt suicide. Her phone is locked, and I’ve tried everything to get the password, but she must have an email account Clive didn’t know about, because the retrieval email isn’t the one I have for her.”

As much as I wanted to be annoyed, I loved jailbreaking cell phones. “Want to learn to do it for yourself next time?”

Lydia’s eyes lit up. “Seriously?”

I nodded.

“Then my answer is a resounding yes. That would be so cool.”

I nodded toward my office door. “Close that, pull up a chair and I’ll show you the basics. That way next time you don’t have to…” I started to say, “bug me,” but said, “ask for my help.”

“I’m really sorry to bother you. But this is the only part of the case Mimi will let me work on. She says I’m too close to the victim to look at the images. I learned a lot about crime scene photos and evidence at my last conference, but truth be told, I’m not eager to see images of my dead friend.

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