A Long Kiss Goodbye by H. D. Thomson

Author:H. D. Thomson
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: paranormal romance
Publisher: H. D. Thomson
Published: 2022-02-22T00:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 17

Monday, August 24th – 12:34 pm

Luys paused on the sidewalk before he turned toward the entrance of the local police department. He dreaded the next hour and prayed to a God he didn’t have much faith in anymore that he would leave the building on his own initiative.

He rolled his shoulders. They had nothing to point him to the murders.

He didn’t think the bug he and Avery found in his living room was from the police. He didn’t think it was from Mayor either. She’d never been into new advances in science. The question left him floundering for an answer.

He’d searched the rest of his condo and didn’t find any other microphone, but that didn’t mean there wasn’t one still there. Maybe he should have left the listening device alone and fed the person on the other side misinformation. It was too late to rehash his mistake and how he’d let his emotions get the better of him.

Sighing, he thought back to yesterday and how he’d investigated the reason for the sirens. When he hadn’t been able to learn anything from the neighbors or the police, he’d retraced his steps to find Avery had fled. He’d then thought of following her back to her place to make sure she was okay but decided he’d pushed her too far already with finding the bug and everything he’d revealed. Later that day, though, he hadn’t heard of another murder on the television or internet.

The relief that they hadn’t wheeled out a body had been immense.

But he felt anything but relief as he took a deep breath, opened the thick glass doors, and stepped into the police lobby.

The main area was crowded. He had to wait in line to go through the security checkpoint, placing his keys in a plastic bowl. In the last century, many things had changed. Lots of security, policing, watching from cameras, phones, and any imaginable device, and there was violence. Always violence. He had never been able to escape it.

He sat down and waited in a metal chair against the wall. Minutes later, Hatcher appeared from a secured door, his expression unsmiling, as he nodded and said, “Glad to see you were able to make it.”

Luys didn’t reply. It wasn’t like he had much of a choice unless he wanted to get legal representation, which would be a bold red flag to Hatcher.

Luys followed him through the same door and into a small windowless room with a table and a couple of chairs.

Luys didn’t bother with any preliminary small talk.

“Couldn’t we have done this over the phone?”

“I don’t like phones.” Hatcher shrugged. “Plus, I wanted to see you in person.”

“Am I going to need a lawyer?”

“I’m not charging you with anything. I only wanted to chat.”

Chat? Luys didn’t believe it for a moment. He had thought of hiring an attorney but doing so would have revealed guilt. “About what?”

Hatcher sat back in his chair and eyed Luys. “I mentioned it over the phone earlier.”

Luys couldn’t remember any such thing.

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