Bad Press by Rachel Mucha

Author:Rachel Mucha
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781648981883
Publisher: City Owl Press

CHAPTER NINETEEN

“My client does not have to answer that.”

I crossed my arms and let out a sigh, free to make all the irritated expressions I wanted behind the safety of the two-way mirror. Penn and Delaney didn’t have that luxury and needed to have more control over their faces, but after a half hour of getting nothing from Hudson, I could tell their—well, Penn’s—patience was wearing thin.

“If your client hasn’t done anything wrong,” Penn said, “it’d be in his best interest to answer.”

Hudson just sat there, smirking. He hadn’t opened his mouth once, choosing to let his lawyer speak for him. I shouldn’t have been surprised—Hudson clearly thrived on withholding information, then doling it out at his discretion. But I thought he’d at least give Penn and Delaney a quick denial at my attempted murder. I chewed on my lower lip, worried Penn’s suspicions about Hudson were spot on.

“Mr. Davenport did not try to kill Miss Hartley this morning,” Hudson’s lawyer repeated for the third time. “He was on his way to work at the time of the shooting. He arrived at the office minutes later. He wouldn’t have had time to drive by Miss Hartley’s apartment and still make it to work on time. Not to mention, my client drives a red car, not a black one.”

Penn glared at the lawyer, fury in his eyes. I understood his frustration. Hudson’s lawyer was right; the math didn’t add up. To make matters worse, there had allegedly been security camera footage showing Hudson strolling down the hallways of Davenport Properties right after Penn got shot. An airtight alibi.

But Penn wasn’t ready to release his new nemesis yet. “Miss Hartley received an anonymous threat yesterday. I’m sure your client wouldn’t know anything about that either.”

“Of course not,” the lawyer said quickly.

“And the fact that your client made unwanted advances towards Miss Hartley the night before this incident is just a coincidence?”

“Jonathan, I think we might have to file a harassment lawsuit against the department.” Hudson finally spoke, smirk still in place. “Detective Pennington seems to have a personal vendetta against me because I took his girl out for a drink last night.”

Penn let out a humorless laugh. “If I have a vendetta against you, it’s because you murdered Danielle Livingston.”

“Marcus,” Delaney hissed, but it was too late.

“That’s it.” Hudson’s lawyer got to his feet. “We’ve cooperated, we’ve answered your questions about the shooting. I will not allow you to hurl absurd accusations. If you want to speak to my client further, you’ll need an arrest warrant.”

The lawyer looked expectantly at Hudson, but he remained seated. I could see his green eyes dancing all the way from behind the mirror.

“It’s a real shame you weren’t nicer to me, Detective.” Hudson examined his nails, tone thick with boredom. “Because I might have some information on who could be behind the shooting this morning, but now, I don’t really feel like sharing.”

“Withholding information from the police is a crime,” Penn said through gritted teeth. “One I will gladly arrest you for.

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