Before the Fall by Rick Murcer

Author:Rick Murcer [Murcer, Rick]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Murcer Press
Published: 2016-09-26T04:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER-6

Pulling her weapon, eyes wide, Ellen widened her feet and struck the pose, the one that said she was going to shoot and ask questions later.

“Wait,” she heard Big Harv yell.

But she didn’t need his warning. A moment later, she recognized the man coming at them. Detective Brice Rogers was hard to miss.

Tall, hazel eyes, and a physique that had earned him the nickname Superman covered the outside. And that was worth a second look. The inside of the man was another issue. His reputation for not working well with others came with the rest of the detective’s package.

“What the hell are you doing, Rogers?” asked Big Harv.

“What does it look like I’m doing, Captain Patterson? I got your text message about this possible homicide so I got here as quickly as I could.”

“I didn’t─”

Big Harv pulled out his phone, hit a button, then swore.

“I meant to send it only to Ellie, FT Harper, that is. There wasn’t supposed to be any other CPD here until after we did the preliminaries.”

Detective Rogers nodded toward Ellen, then shifted his gaze to her dad. “Well, I got it just the same. And why wasn’t I supposed to get it? Because of who lives here? Politics or some shit? That shouldn’t make a damn bit of─”

“Shut up, Rogers. Of course it makes a difference. You weren’t born in a damn vacuum, were you? No. I didn’t think so. Politics and money win, at least sometimes.”

The angry red crept up her neck. Even though Big Harv had said it before, she hated how it sounded. Apparently not as much as The Detective. He was struggling not to blow a gasket. She understood that quite well. She even sort of liked that he was a little like her.

Big Harv raised a finger and wagged it slowly. “Not the time, Brice,” he said softly. “You can pop a blood vessel on your own time. Not here, not now.”

In an exercise of pure will, she watched Detective Rogers slowly gain control of the emotion that had risen faster than her own. She, apparently, wasn’t the only one with a problem or two controlling the urge to choke the living shit out of someone at the drop of a hat.

“Okay. Now that you’re here, let’s see if we can talk to the help. The man’s maid found him like this. She’s sitting in the dining room that leads through that door,” he said pointing to his left. “I’m staying here in the event FT Harper needs something. Get it in gear, Detective, so she can get back to what she was doing.”

“Yes sir,” answered Brice. His voice still carrying a tinge of the brooding he’d become partially known for as he stepped across the kitchen.

His reaction was almost, well, sexy. It had been months since anything or anyone had been sexy to her. Not even the male stripper show her friend Kate had taken her to see measured up. Fun, okay, but not sexy to her. Then again,

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