Dragon Dreams (Dragons of Boston Book 1) by Chris A. Jackson

Author:Chris A. Jackson [Jackson, Chris A.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Falstaff Books
Published: 2019-05-29T22:00:00+00:00

I can't believe Bob's dead." Lonnie wiped her eyes and stared at the untouched food on the table.

Terry Price, whom Aleksi had only met once, sipped his beer and shook his head while John Alvarez drew circles on the table in the condensation from his glass. Lonnie had suggested they all get together, and Aleksi had agreed that it would be a good idea, but not for the same reasons as Lonnie.

"I took Julie down to the morgue to see him." She sipped her wine just for something to do. The others looked up at her, but their stares didn't intimidate her as they once had. "Julie was dating him and wanted to see him."

"Bob was dating?" John asked, with a sudden hint of his usual sense of humor. "Like, a girl?"

"Yeah. I kind of set them up. She liked him, said he was nice, and she didn't usually get to date nice guys."

"Well, he was that." Lonnie sniffed and raised her glass. "To Bob."

They raised their glasses, and Terry added, "And to the police finding the motherfucker who killed him."

After they clinked glasses and drank, Aleksi took the opportunity to say what she'd come to say. "That's something I wanted to tell you all. I think you should all be careful. I think this might have something to do with our research, and a guy who's trying to steal it."

"Someone's trying to steal the bone bed research?" John furrowed his brow.

"Not that project; the Kamchatka specimen we found. This guy, Derrick Penningly, somehow got my data files, then told Hutch that I'd given them to him. I didn't. He also told Hutch that I asked him to come on board the project, which is also a lie." She took a deep breath; they were all staring at her. "He's a post-grad student in my comp zoo lab and works at the MCZ. I think he's been telling lies about me there, too, trying to make me look bad. He wants to come on as one of Hutch's students next year."

"Strange way to go about it, lying and stealing." Terry sounded skeptical.

"But there's no proof." Aleksi met their eyes one by one. "It's his word against mine."

"I don't get it? What's this got to do with Bob?"

Aleksi looked at Lonnie and laid it out. "Bob was upset with me about Derrick. Really upset. Yesterday, after class, I cornered Derrick and told him to back off. He called me pathetic, insisting I invited him aboard, then lied to Hutch about it to cover my ass. I lost my temper and threatened him, and…and I scratched his car."

"Jesus Christ, Aleksi!" Lonnie gaped at her.

"Yeah, I know. Not like me." She looked down at her wine, then back up at Lonnie. "But that's what I wanted to tell you all. I threatened Derrick with violence, then that very night Bob is killed. I think he might have done it and is trying to frame me for it. With both Bob and me out

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