Bloodless by Rhiannon D'Averc

Author:Rhiannon D'Averc [D'Averc, Rhiannon]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-04-29T05:00:00+00:00

20 – Ram

I’m in big trouble, and I know it.

I know it from the way the police are looking at me – or how they aren’t looking at me. I know it from the way I was unceremoniously dumped into an interview room and left there.

They left me for a long time. It felt like fifteen, twenty minutes. It’s a long time to be sitting, doing nothing, alone, waiting. It’s a long time for them to leave a murder suspect. I get the feeling that they might be trying to psyche me out. Maybe they figure that me knowing the usual procedures puts them at a disadvantage, so they want to make me sweat.

Even knowing that, I have to admit it’s working. I haven’t done anything wrong. I know that. But the fact that they didn’t arrest me right away when they knew I was connected to Hiro makes me nervous. It means that they were trying to build a case – and that now, maybe, they think they have one.

But how can that be, when I’m innocent?

I sit tapping my foot on the floor, at first without purpose and then trying to keep it under control. I tap the beat of a song I enjoy listening to. I try to force myself into some kind of zen, contemplative state where all I’m thinking about is that beat. Even so, my heart is racing in my chest and my palms are sweaty.

I’m only halfway back to calm before they finally come in. A shorter blonde woman, wearing a grey suit that doesn’t quite close properly over her chest. She should have had the jacket custom fitted. A tall man, younger and slimmer, follows her. He’s not too bad on the eyes. His skin is the colour of chocolate. His hair is cropped close to his scalp, the kind of light fuzz that makes you think about what it would feel like to run your hand through it.

“Julius Rakktersen,” the woman begins, sitting down opposite me. Neither of them have looked at me yet, not properly. They’re focused on two brown paper folders that they brought in with them. “We’d like you to answer a few questions about the spate of recent murders you have been involved in. For the tape, present are myself, Detective Anna Andrews, and Detective Noel Beat. They tell me that you’ve waived your right to legal counsel?”

Part of me wants to laugh at the idea of a policeman being called Detective Beat. It’s like he was bred for the job. I guess it’s an indicator of how seriously I’m taking this that I don’t.-

“For now,” I say, shifting in my seat. “I’m happy to cooperate.” I don’t want to incriminate myself, but I know what to say and what not to say. The moment things start to get hairy, I’ll be claiming my phone call and getting someone by my side. But I hope that if I stay cool and answer their questions, there won’t be any need for it.

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