Booked for Murder by Webb Jasmine

Author:Webb, Jasmine
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2022-12-27T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 12

“How much do you want to bet he has tinfoil over the windows of his apartment?” I asked Ophelia when the front door to Ethan’s building closed behind him.

“There is a fine line between having strong political convictions and believing in conspiracy theories, and Ethan certainly seems to be walking along it like a tightrope. That said, his opinions are certainly shared by quite a few people. But he is not our murderer. He is simply a person with too much time on their hands seeking attention on the internet.”

“He did seem a little bit too disappointed that he’d never even been blocked by Jason Bergman,” I agreed.

“It was always a long shot, anyway. Social media and the internet give people freedom to say things they would never dare to say to a person’s face in real life. There’s a certain sense of anonymity when you’re typing words behind a keyboard. Still, given the frequency of the threats, he was worth investigating. We will go see Zoe Andrianakis now.”

“Yes, she has a history of trying to break into Bergman’s home. That’s a little bit more criminal than posting threatening tweets,” I said. “It’s weird, hoping that we’re going to meet someone who has actually killed another human being. But that’s the only way this ends, isn’t it? And either way, I was near a killer the other day. I just don’t know exactly who it was.”

“Exactly. Ethan was right when he said there are killers all around us. But then, we can’t think about that too much, can we? Society’s functioning depends on us being able to more or less trust the other people in our immediate vicinity to not murder us in cold blood.”

“It sure does,” I replied. “All the same, I’ll be happier if we do manage to get at least one more killer off the streets.”

“As will I,” Ophelia said. “Unlike Ethan, I do not determine a person’s value based on their income. A murder victim is a murder victim, regardless of their net worth. They still deserve justice. And the people who did not kill him, but are considered suspects, deserve to continue their lives in peace. A major crime like a murder almost always affects more than just the person who’s been killed.”

We walked back toward Ophelia’s office and jumped into her car to get to Zoe’s home. She lived in an apartment in Nob Hill, one of the fancier neighborhoods in the city.

And boy, when they called it a hill, they were not lying. We flew up Taylor Street before hitting the red light at the top of the hill where it intersected with California Street, and the street was so steeply angled I felt like someone had strapped me into a space shuttle and we were about to blast off. I’d never be able to afford to live up here, but if I did, I’d be in the best shape of my life just from trying to walk back home from the grocery store.

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