A Salt and Battery (Book 11) by Liliana Hart & Louis Scott

Author:Liliana Hart & Louis Scott [Hart, Liliana]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: 7th Press
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Seven

Wednesday

First thing the next morning, Hank arrived with Coil at the resort, and they waited in Coil’s truck until Deputy James arrived in his marked police vehicle. If Gaston refused to cooperate and they had to arrest him, they’d need the cage in James’s unit to transport the big bayou bully.

“Why’s Gaston even here?” Hank asked. “He lost last season. He didn’t win a prize or get his own restaurant. You think he was here to see Martha? She said most of the cast wouldn’t be here until next week. Maybe he came early so they could have some alone time.”

“Or maybe he came to kill Rowdy,” Coil said.

“There’s James,” Hank said.

The three of them quickly briefed on their strategy to approach Gaston for questioning, and then made their way back to the Jim Bowie Room where production was continuing without Martha.

“The show must go on, huh?” Coil asked.

Hank noticed the little blond girl who’d shown him and Agatha around the hotel the day before while they’d been in wedding mode. “Tabitha,” Hank said.

“Mr. Davidson,” she said, looking surprised. “Good morning. How can I help you?”

“Would you mind showing us where we can find Gaston Boudreaux?”

“Oh,” she squeaked, flushing red.

“I’m guessing they said not to disturb them,” Hank said. “And I understand you wanting to do your job, but this is an official police investigation and supersedes anything some director may have told you.”

She bit her lip and said, “You sure about that?”

“One hundred percent sure,” Hank said.

“Okay, but please don’t tell them I told you,” she said. “He’s in 407. It’s one of the suites, but it’s not on a private floor like the bigger stars.”

“Thank you,” Hank said, and they headed to the elevator and rode to the fourth floor. There was a new security guard at the door, and he figured the guy from the day before had probably been fired.

Coil showed the guard his badge. “We’re here for Gaston Boudreaux. Official police business.”

“I am not authorized to allow access unless you’re in possession of a warrant,” the guard said.

“My goal is to get Boudreaux, who happens to be a person of interest in a murder investigation, to come in voluntarily. But I have enough to get an arrest warrant. And I’ll just leave these two officers here to guard this door and make sure you don’t overstep by letting Boudreaux know what’s going on and giving him time to come up with a story or leave all together. And I’ll drive all the way across town and get the judge to sign a warrant, and then I’ll come back and make everyone miserable. And I’ll be sure to let the hotel know that you didn’t cooperate with local law enforcement.”

“But…”

Coil held up a finger and said, “And when I do come back with that warrant, I’m going to bring you in with the rest of them to see what’s so important that you felt the need to resist a lawful request for access.”

“I’ll let you in,” he said.

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