Dead Wrong (Partners in Crime) by TK Eldridge

Author:TK Eldridge [Eldridge, TK]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Graffridge Publishing
Published: 2022-04-09T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter Fourteen

It took the three of them two solid days of digging through data, files, test results, and cold cases before they had at least a framework for the case. When Sarge would leave in the evening, Mike would come in and help Jamie while Jack would head home, have dinner with Avery, then retreat to her bedroom to work and talk to Ellis.

Since Cohen had been arrested, there had been no issues with people hanging around the house that didn’t belong there. Ellis made it exceedingly clear that she didn’t like a couple of Avery’s friends. She had commentary on Carlisle Shanahan, one of the newer members of the dorm and frat group, and on Remy, the one that Jack hadn’t liked from the first time she met him. Remington Farraday was a rich, spoiled brat with a hearty dose of misogyny. Jack made a silent bet that Remy would end up being arrested for rape or domestic assault before his college career was over. Of course, his parents would buy him out of any lasting damage, but he was that kind of asshole. Carlisle was the one member Jack had not yet met. He didn’t start hanging out with the group until finals week and had managed to avoid a face to face with Jack ever since. Ellis seemed to think Carlisle’s avoidance of Jack was intentional.

“The minute Avery would mention you were on the way home, Carl was packing up his shit and headed for the door,” Ellis said. “He’s also a snoop. I caught him in the bathroom, going through the medicine cabinet, and he tried to poke around your desk in the office, but Avery caught him before he’d done more than move a couple of pages around.”

“I’ll talk to Avery about him. With the weirdness of this case, I don’t want to automatically assume the guy is bad news, but I also don’t want to ignore the fact that he showed up late to the party and is snooping around,” Jack said. “Anything else?”

“Well, the back yard is looking great and the concrete slab is ready for Avery’s tiny house. I guess he’s waiting for the electrician to come set up the outdoor RV power connection, but he had a friend whose father is a plumber come help him run the piping for cold water to the slab,” Ellis said.

“Crap, I’ve not even been home early enough the past few days to see the back yard before it’s too dark. I’ll have to take a look in the morning before I head out.”

“You’ve raised a good man, Jack. He’s smart, aware, considerate, and he’s got a huge heart. Don’t worry so much about him, and don’t leave him in the dark about what’s going on and what you do,” Ellis said.

“You mean, tell him about you?”

“You probably should. I mean, I’m learning stuff from Mike – and I figured out a few things on my own. Watch.” Ellis reached out her hand, clenched her jaw, and swiped her whole hand down over the light switch – and it turned off.

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