All I Need by Kathryn Shay

Author:Kathryn Shay [Shay, Kathryn]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2018-05-04T04:00:00+00:00

Vanessa looked at the report that had come while she was at lunch. Dossier on Firefighters from House 8. For a brief few seconds, she thought about tossing the file into the trash. Chase would never forgive her for this.

But she was the mayor and had a responsibility to her constituents. She was also the daughter of the people who had been injured, maybe even shortening the length of their lives, by a fire which appeared to be intentional, to her at least.

She opened the cover. Six women and fourteen men worked at House 8. A picture accompanied each name. Down deep, she hoped the culprit wasn’t one of them. There was a bio for each person up to yesterday, then the report was organized by the shifts.

Group one: Overseen by Lieutenant Abe Amati, a twenty-year veteran. Married. Kids. Other than traffic tickets, he was a model citizen. Brady Abbott, the rookie, had gotten in a barroom brawl that he’d been reprimanded for. He was protecting a girl’s honor. Not much on Beth Ransom and Jesse Thomas. George Macon was a different story. Five years ago, he’d come from the FDNY, but the reason for his leaving was confidential. There weren’t any black marks on his record here, though.

Vanessa highlighted him in yellow.

Group 2 was headed by Pat Green, the captain of the house. He had debts: a house mortgage, two cars, private school for kids. An average American guy, as he kept up payments.

Of his group, Johnny Jolson could possibly be suspicious. He was an ex-cop with a big mouth who’d given everybody trouble. Mostly, it was Bull Warren who concerned her. Warren was a bully. Guys in the house didn’t like him. He’d been written up for inappropriate comments to female staff and for insulting one of the ten Muslim firefighters in their employ. She remembered the big man with beefy hands and a wiseass mouth at the firehouse when she’d gone with Chase to talk to the crew. Warren also had gambling issues. And two ex-wives who got alimony. He got the yellow marker too.

Last was Joe Santori’s group. She closed her eyes, not wanting to go further. What would she do if Joe was involved? She thought back to the firefighters on his shift who had rescued her parents and what he’d done for Holly the day of the fire. Afterward, they’d gotten close. Though her daughter played down their relationship, she could see in Holly’s eyes that she cared about this man. But there was no way Vanessa could let their relationship go further if he was a bad guy.

Practically holding her breath, she read his stats. A few credit card balances, a high car payment and modest house expenses. Thank God. On his shift, Liam Murray had no debts, but he had juvenile records that had been sealed. Hildy Grant had borrowed a ton of money for her elderly mother’s medical bills. Norm Preston was financially solvent. But he’d written letters to the Rockford Sentinel about her.

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