Caramel Fudge & Murder by Susan Gillard

Author:Susan Gillard [Gillard, Susan]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Guardian Publishing Group, LLC
Published: 2018-03-21T22:00:00+00:00

The Boyfriend

Eric stared at the four investigators as they sat down across the table from him in the interrogation room. Peters already had his notebook out, and Amy was taking her tablet out of her bag to record notes as well. Heather tied not to keep staring at the suspect’s neck.

“Why do you need so many people here?” Eric asked. “I thought you said this was going to be a friendly talk.”

“We’re all perfectly friendly,” Ryan assured him. “But we do have some serious questions to ask.”

“I was afraid of this,” Eric said. He gripped the table. “I thought if you didn’t say it out loud, then it might not be true. But it is true, isn’t it?”

“You’re going to have to elaborate,” Amy said.

“Angela,” he said, looking down. “She’s dead, isn’t she?”

“Yes,” said Ryan.

“Are you sure?” Eric demanded, pressing his fists on the table.

“Yes,” Ryan said again.

Eric looked like he wanted to jump up from his seat, but after a moment he slumped back. He held his head his hands.

“I thought that’s what was going on. I tried to visit her because she wasn’t picking up her phone, but there were all these police cars on the street. Her neighbor told me that she was killed, but I didn’t want to believe her.” He gestured to Ryan. “Even when you said you had some questions about her, I wanted to believe it was a mistake.”

“Sadly, the neighbor was right that she was killed,” Ryan said. “And we’re trying to figure out who was responsible.”

“You were her boyfriend, weren’t you?” Heather asked.

Eric nodded.

“How long had you been dating?” she asked.

“About three months,” Eric said. “But we knew each other a lot longer. We were friends in high school.”

“And she was best friends with Darcy Simmons?” Heather asked. “Who you also dated.”

“That’s right,” said Eric. “But Darcy and I are friends now. It wasn’t serious between us like it is… was with Angela and me.”

Peters was taking notes on this complicated friendship/relationship situation and trying to maintain a neutral face.

“How serious was it?” Heather asked.

“We were in love,” Eric said. “And we were already talking about moving in together. She didn’t like living alone anyway, and I was looking to get out of my parent’s basement. I wish I had already moved there. Maybe I could have protected her from what happened.”

He looked away sadly. Heather thought that his emotions seemed genuine, but she had been in a theater the other day convinced that the actors on stage felt what they portrayed. Eric was still their prime suspect, and they needed more information.

“Do you know if Miss Fiat had any ties in her house?” Heather asked.

“What sort of ties?” Eric asked. “Like twist ties to close things?”

“Ties like are worn with a suit,” said Heather.

“No. I don’t see why she’d have any,” said Eric.

Ryan removed a picture of the tie found at the crime scene from his folder and showed it to the young man.

“Have you ever seen this tie before?” Ryan asked.

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