Conviction by Jennifer Blackstream

Author:Jennifer Blackstream [Blackstream, Jennifer]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Skeleton Key Publishing

Chapter 16

“So we’re not going to talk about the corruption at all?” Flint asked when we stopped at a red light.

I stared down at the notebook in my hands, tapping my pen on the plastic spiral around the top. “I don’t intend to discuss it with you at all. Assuming you give me a choice and don’t force me to talk about it.”

“Which I could.”

“Yes, you could.”

It was just after six o’ clock, and it was already dark. Well, as dark as a city like Cleveland ever got with all the artificial lights illuminating the streets and buildings. I twisted around in my seat to look into the back.

Scath lay on the rear seat. Her eyes and mouth were closed, and without those green eyes, or shining white teeth, there was nothing to break up the solid shadow that was her body. In fact, I could almost convince myself she wasn’t there at all, that the blob of darker shadow was just my mind playing tricks.

If it weren’t for the bag slung around her body with the slight bulge of a sleeping kitten inside.

Peasblossom shifted on my shoulder where she’d tucked herself inside my shirt collar to keep warm. She patted my shoulder, and I felt a pulse of reassurance through our link. Back at the house, I’d come down the stairs to find Scath asleep in the basement after her tumble through multiple floors, with Peasblossom sitting on top of her. The pixie had been stroking her fur, murmuring under her breath in Gaelic. I hadn’t asked any questions about why she’d put Scath to sleep, or why she’d been so determined not to let Scath bite Raphael. I’d ask those questions later, without Flint around.

“Bradford will be a lot harder to kill now,” Flint said finally.

“But not impossible. And given his current situation, I’d like to focus on the immediate future instead of talking hypotheticals about what you think is best for my partner.”

“Fine.” He glanced at my notebook. “What are you writing?”

“I’m organizing my thoughts.” I leaned back in my seat. “Right now, Deacon is our best suspect. He had means, motive, and opportunity.”

“When you say means, are you suggesting that he brought his own gun and then put Andy’s prints on it when he was unconscious? Or do you think he took Andy’s gun from him?”

“More likely he had his own gun. Andy was always armed when he went there, Deacon could have got the same type, then filed the serial number off. Andy bought the gun without a serial number, so he has no way of knowing if that gun was his.”

“Shooting someone isn’t as easy as most people think,” Flint cautioned. “Do we know if Deacon had any experience with firearms?”

“We can ask his mistress when we get there.”

Flint nodded. “What else?”

I studied my notes. “I need to know what the agreement Siobhan had with Deacon’s mistress specified would happen if she died. Would he return to Julia, or could Siobhan basically will him

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