Dark Waters by Susan Rogers Cooper

Author:Susan Rogers Cooper [Susan Rogers Cooper]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Severn House Publishers Ltd
Published: 2013-02-01T05:00:00+00:00

SEVEN

Milt – Day Four

Mike and I were surrounded by four security personnel, plus Chief Heinrich, the head steward, and somebody from the bridge whose rank I didn’t get. We all stared at Josh Weaver’s uncovered body. By the marks on his neck, the fact that most of his tongue was hanging out, and my years as a professional lawman, I deduced he’d been strangled. Unfortunately even Mike, a tool and die guy, deduced the same thing, so I didn’t get all uppity about it. We were all staring when the door down to the crew quarters opened and the irate young lady from only a few moments earlier came barreling out.

‘Chief Heinrich!’ she cried. ‘You got them! Thank God! They tried to—’

She stopped in mid-sentence, I suppose because people moved enough for her to see poor old Josh lying there with his tongue lolling out.

‘Oh,’ she said. ‘Is he dead?’

No one answered her ’cause at that moment Vern Weaver came rushing down the deck with Crystal running behind him. I’m a happily married man, but that didn’t keep me from noticing that when Crystal ran, especially wearing nothing but a silky-looking short nightie and a matching silky-looking short robe, her D cups hardly moved. Her legs were longer than I thought humanly possible, and her red hair flowed behind her like she was in a shampoo commercial. I couldn’t help wondering if the fact that her D cups didn’t move meant they weren’t real. That would be a real shame, because they were awful pretty peeking out of that flimsy nighty.

‘Josh!’ Vern yelled. The crew made way for him and he grabbed his son and pulled the boy to his chest. I started with an ‘Ah, Chief,’ thinking about all the forensics he was messing up, but Heinrich just glared at me so I shut up and watched Vern cry over his son. Crystal came up behind Vern and hugged his back, making sounds like she was bawling her eyes out, but the lady had some heavy mascara on and I didn’t see it smudge. I’m just saying – for what it’s worth.

I tapped Mike on the shoulder. ‘You should stay for Vern, but I’m just in the way here,’ I said. ‘So I’m heading back to my cabin.’

Mike nodded his head and moved to his partner, patting a free shoulder. I walked back to our cabin, wishing I had Jean’s scooter ’cause I was dog tired and didn’t feel like walking the length of the ship to get to bed. So to keep my mind occupied while I made my way, I had to wonder, who would want Josh Weaver dead? The kid wasn’t the best-looking, brightest, friendliest, nicest or any of the other ‘est’s’ you could think of, but that was hardly a reason to choke him to death. He and Vern had been at each other, but no more than any other father and teenaged son. Something I had to look forward to, I thought with a little trepidation.

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