Acting Up by A. A. Albright

Author:A. A. Albright [Albright, A. A.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Fantasy, Science Fiction
Goodreads: 41028265
Published: 2018-08-09T00:00:00+00:00

14. Bruno’s Brainchild

I peeked through the slit in the door at Bruno. He was wearing a jumpsuit, because we’d removed all of his clothing to test for traces of Blue. No one wants to remove a vain director slash writer’s clothing, believe me. But when he suggested that someone else must have sneaked the blue beneath his cap, it became necessary. We’d tested his body, too, but let’s not talk about that particular experience. Who said being a Wayfarer was a glamourous job? Oh – no one.

‘I had to book Will in for questioning again,’ said Finn, arriving next to me and pressing a cup of coffee into my hands. ‘We could be opening ourselves up to a lawsuit from Bruno, otherwise. We can’t very well call him a suspect because he had a bottle of Blue, when we didn’t come down harder on Will for the same.’

I was about to reply, but seeing as I’d just taken a sip of the coffee, the only word I could muster up was, ‘Ugh!’

There was an all-new coffee machine in our all-new canteen. And there was expensive coffee in that fancy coffee machine. But somehow, it tasted just as bad as the stuff we used to drink when we were working out of the Wyrd Court. There was no reason behind it, at least not one we could find. We’d analysed the coffee. We’d analysed the machine. The drinks should taste amazing. And yet …

Finn took a sip from his own cup and shuddered. ‘Gretel said she’d come in to cover you if you like.’

I almost wanted to say yes, just so I could get a chance to see Gretel while we did a handover. ‘Nah.’ I tossed back the drink as quickly as I could. ‘She’s been working just as hard as us on her own stuff. Let her have her sleep. You and me can handle Bruno.’

‘And Will?’ Finn arched a brow. ‘Wanda … I’m not completely clueless, y’know. I could tell you found the first interview with him difficult, but I’m not sure why. You and Will had one date, from what I know. And that was over a year ago. While you were spying on him, no less. But even though you were never a couple, I sometimes get a weird vibe whenever the two of you are in the same room, like … I dunno.’

‘Mm hm,’ I said, simply because he seemed to want me to say something.

‘So … this isn’t going to be difficult for you, is it? Now that we might have to elevate Will to an official suspect?’

‘What? No! Of course not. As Will Berry has told me on plenty of occasions, there’s nothing between us. And I don’t want there to be, either. I mean … I did. A long time ago. And also not so long ago.’ I squeezed the empty cup and threw it in the bin. ‘Okay, I do have some weirdness when it comes to Will. He’s … well … he’s … but I would never let it get in the way of an investigation, Finn.

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