Deadly Intersections by Ann Roberts

Author:Ann Roberts [Roberts, Ann]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: Crime, Fiction, Lgbt, Mystery, Romance
ISBN: 9781594932243
Publisher: Bella Books
Published: 2011-03-06T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Seventeen

Andre met Molly at her office door. He must have read her expression and chose to take the chair furthest from her desk. She wondered if he could tell that she was nursing a killer hangover or if she still looked drunk. She certainly felt tipsy, and she cursed herself silently. She’d kept drinking into the early morning hours, and even her high tolerance for alcohol couldn’t completely mask the effects. She sipped her coffee for another fifteen minutes before she finally looked at him hoping she didn’t reek of liquor and that he didn’t get too close to notice.

“What have you got?”

“Two things. We may have a lead on Selena Diaz’s family, and I think I know what your friend Professor Shakespeare was talking about.”

“Good. I have no idea what a game board coat would look like,” she said.

He set a checkerboard on her desk. The recognition was instantaneous.

“The person’s wearing a red and black flannel jacket. Is that what you think?”

He nodded. “I realized it last night when my nephew wanted to play chess with me. This has to be it, Mol.”

“Okay, good job. Now all we need to do is scour the area for a street person that fits that description.”

He shrugged. “It shouldn’t be that hard.”

She handed the checkerboard back to him. “I wouldn’t say that out loud.”

A knock sounded and Sol Gardener appeared with David Ruskin. “Detectives, I thought I’d stop by and see how we’re doing.”

She prayed her eyes weren’t as bloodshot as she thought.

Andre jumped in to help. “We’ve got a lead on a possible eyewitness, and we think we’ve located Maria Perez’s best friend. The family’s been missing for two days.”

Sol nodded, his eyes focused on her. “Nelson, are you okay?”

“I’m fine, sir,” she replied, hoping her voice was even.

“Jesus, Nelson, you’re drunk!” Ruskin shouted.

She resisted the urge to crush her palms over her ears and glared at him. She said nothing, determined not to lie to Sol.

“David, will you and Andre please excuse us?” Sol asked quietly.

The men left, and he perched on the edge of her desk. “Hey, I know things are tough right now. Ari’s dealing with her dad, you’re working a terrible murder case. I get it.”

At the mention of Ari she almost wailed in pain. When she could finally meet his gaze without bursting into tears, she looked up into his kind eyes and returned his sad smile. “I’m sorry. It’ll never happen again.”

“It can’t,” he said firmly.

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