Ashes to Dust (Las Vegas Mystery) by Kusler Rex

Author:Kusler, Rex [Kusler, Rex]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: AmazonEncore
Published: 2011-07-25T22:00:00+00:00

All four chairs that occupied the James & James suite were still in Alice’s office. Alice and Snow were seated in their swivel chairs, Alice behind her desk, Snow near the end of it. Crystal Olson and her mother were seated across the desk from Alice. They sat demurely, side by side, their hands clasped tightly in their laps, their eyes glassy and swollen. Looking at them caused Snow’s shoulders to tense.

“I’m sure this won’t be remembered by you as one of your favorite trips to Las Vegas, Ms. Olson,” Alice said. “But we’re hoping this investigation will be concluded soon. Then everyone involved can begin to put this experience behind them.”

With a forced smile, Kathy Olson nodded. “Please—you can call me Kathy, Alice. And I would just like to say, at this point, that I’m pleased two competent detectives such as yourselves are working on this case to get it resolved. I don’t have anything bad to say about the police in general, but I’m pretty sure most of them don’t take much of an interest in seeing justice done. I know in the case of my late husband, rest his soul, there was a less than stellar job done investigating his death. And I’d hate to see the same thing happen a second time with Laura.”

Snow shifted his gaze to Crystal. She was biting her upper lip and staring at the front surface of Alice’s desk.

“Thank you, Kathy,” Alice said. “We appreciate your confidence in us. And I’m sure Crystal must appreciate your support during a difficult time like this. It can’t be easy for you having to take off from your teaching duties. I’m guessing that school has started for your students in Omaha?”

She nodded. “It started a couple of weeks ago. The principal I work for is very understanding, and we always manage to bring in some talented substitutes, so it’s not that much of a problem.” She nodded again.

“Oh, that’s good to hear,” Alice said. “One thing I’d like to make you aware of: we don’t expect to have any questions for you. Of course, there is a chance we may think of some in the future. But at the present time, I’d like to let you know that it’s not important that you be here for these interviews with Crystal—unless you want to, and that’s fine, of course.”

Kathy Olson nodded. “Thanks, Alice. Truthfully, I don’t know what to do with myself. And I’d like to help in some way, even if it’s nothing more than providing moral support for Crystal.”

Alice smiled. “Okay. That’s perfectly fine.” She shifted her eyes to Crystal and sat back in her chair. “Crystal, first of all, I’d like to congratulate you on your upcoming wedding.”

Crystal brought her eyes up. “Oh…thank you…well, it’s not definite yet.”

“Really. I’m sorry to hear that,” Alice said. She glanced at Crystal’s left hand. “I noticed you haven’t been wearing an engagement ring, so I was surprised to hear you and Andrew Tully had set a date.

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