DS 14 Christmas Spirit by Emrick K.J

Author:Emrick, K.J. [Emrick, K.J.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Cozy Mystery
Published: 2014-12-07T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter Eight

The two interview rooms of the Misty Hollow police station were bare spaces of soundproofing and one-way mirrors. There was one metal table in the center of the room with a security ring on the top to hook suspect's handcuffs to. Two chairs on either sides of the table. A security camera to record interviews. Nothing else.

It was a space designed to break a suspect down and make them realize there was nothing between them and the truth but the police officer asking them questions.

Or in this case, the questions being asked by a certain paranormal consultant of the police.

"You already got my stuff, man," Nielson said, slumping back against his seat on one side of the table. His eyes were sunken. He was wearing the same clothes that he'd had on when Shane and Blake had dragged him out of his apartment in handcuffs, which meant he was still in his socks. All in all, he was a pretty pathetic figure.

"We need to ask you a few more questions," Jon said to him, sitting next to Darcy across from Nielson. "Are you sure you don't want a lawyer here?"

"What for?" He went to spread his hands only to have the cuffs he was wearing yank against the chain through the security ring. "You guys found my drugs right there in my apartment. Not like I can deny what happened."

"All right. Then tell us about when Megan was at your place a few days ago."

"I already told you."

"Humor me," Jon pressed.

Nielson nodded nervously. "Three days ago. Wednesday. She shows up out of the blue after blowing me off for…her. Then she comes to cry on my shoulder."

Darcy made mental notes as Nielson spoke. Megan was at his apartment three days ago. He obviously wasn't thrilled about it, either. "Megan told you she had argued with Blair?"

"Yup," Nielson said. "That's what brought her my way. I wish she'd just kept walking, tell you the truth."

"Did she say what the argument was about?"

"I don't know," he answered with a shrug. "Chick stuff. Who knows what two girls argue about."

Biting her lip to keep from saying something sarcastic, Darcy tried again. "Did she tell you if she had seen anyone in the park?"

Nielson stared at her blankly. "I don't understand."

"In the park where she and Blair argued," Jon said. "Did Megan say whether she saw anyone in the park?"

"Uh, no? I mean, no, she didn't. She didn't even tell me where they argued. Just that she and Blair had been in a bad fight and she had to get away."

Darcy felt let down. It looked like their line of questioning was going to dead end. It was Jon who saw the opening she missed.

"That was how she said it?" he asked. "That she had to get away? Just like that?"

"Man, I don't know," Nielson complained. "That was three days ago. I've been high like twenty times since then. How'm I supposed to remember exactly what she said."

Jon leaned forward on his elbows, his fingers steepled and pointed at Nielson.

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