Dissecting Meredith (Police and Fire: Operation Alpha) (On Call Book 6) by Freya Barker & Operation Alpha

Author:Freya Barker & Operation Alpha [Barker, Freya]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Aces Press, LLC
Published: 2021-03-08T16:00:00+00:00

Jay

“You’re full of shit, Tom.”

The guy shrugs his shoulders, looking a little too smug for my liking.

So far Blackfoot hasn’t made a lot of headway with Tom Ward but I know his reputation for building up a suspect’s confidence, so they let down their guard before he goes in for the kill.

I walked into the station at the same time Tony Ramirez did, and we both end up observing the closed-circuit video feed on the screen in a room adjacent to the one Blackfoot is questioning Ward in.

“He drives me nuts with his slow approach,” Tony complains. “I know he gets results, but I’ve got some information that might be helpful to him.”

“You get lucky with the search?”

He turns to me and grins. “Found an old fire barrel back there. It’s in the forensics lab. Other than that, any useful evidence likely washed away by that rain last night. I did have another talk with the neighbor down the road who called in the report. Says he’s seen a white cargo van around there from time to time.”

“That’s big.”

“I know, which is why I want to get word to Blackfoot. Give him something to nail the guy with.”

I catch movement on the screen.

“Looks like you’ll get your wish. He’s getting up.”

I step out into the hallway behind Ramirez, just as Keith steps out of the interrogation room. He gestures for us to follow him into the small kitchen, where he fills a cup with coffee that’s probably been sitting in the pot for hours.

“Talk to me.” He turns to Tony. “I need something to shake him.”

Three minutes later both Ramirez and I follow him back into the interrogation room. Keith sits down across from Ward, a big smile on his face, while Tony and I take up position on either side of the door. I rattle the handcuffs in my hand, just as Blackfoot suggested.

“What’s going on?”

The smug look is gone from Ward’s face, replaced by a hint of panic as his eyes dart from me to Ramirez and finally to Keith.

“Where’d you get the white van, Tom?”

He starts shaking his head before he opens his mouth.

“That ain’t mine.”

“No? Neighbors say different. They see it driving around your property, parked by your trailer. It’s all starting to make sense to me now. The foot on your property, the rest of the body parts all within a few miles. Heck, we even found the fire barrel where you tried to burn some of the body. It’s almost a slam dunk case, Tom.”

“That wasn’t me!”

“Did you know Dennis or did you pick him at random?” Keith keeps pushing, as if Ward had never spoken. “Maybe you did drugs with him?”

The guy’s eyes are wild while they flit around the room, as if the walls are closing in on him.

“I don’t know no Dennis. I’ve got nothing to do with this.”

“Don’t think the DA is gonna buy that, Tom. The evidence all points to you.” Then Blackfoot gestures to me. “Go ahead, VanDyken.”

I

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