Fire in Bone: A Jake Pettman Thriller by Wes Markin

Author:Wes Markin [Markin, Wes]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2021-06-30T04:00:00+00:00

13

“COME IN, OFFICER Sanborn.”

Lillian opened the office door. “Good morning, ma’am. Could I have a quick word?”

Louise was sitting beneath a portrait of a serious-looking Earl Jewell and behind Gabriel’s desk. Gabriel was an immaculate man who demanded order around him. His desk rarely had more than a neat pile of files and a single cup of fresh coffee on it. If he could see the three empty coffee cups and paperwork strewn all over it right now, he’d have been a candidate for a heart attack. “Of course, take a seat.”

Lillian sat.

“You want to talk alone?” Louise looked from side to side at her two officers. Ewan, the tallest of the two, was leaning against the glass window that looked out on the department, thumbing through a file. The other one, Gordon, was grinning inanely at Lillian. She scowled in his direction, and he looked down at the file in his hand.

“No, it’s nothing personal,” Lillian said. “I just think I may’ve discovered something of interest.”

Louise leaned forward and put her hands on the table, accidently knocking over a framed picture, which Lillian couldn’t recall ever seeing on Gabriel’s desk before now.

Lillian reached to pick it up, but Louise was quicker. Lillian caught a glimpse of three young black girls, dressed in matching blue dresses, before Louise stood it back up, facing her.

“What have you found out?” Louise asked.

The male officers maneuvered to the sides of the desk, laid down their files and stared at Lillian, making her squirm as she recounted her discovery of the rivalry between the Rogers and Davis families, her visit to the Davis farm, and the revelation that Mason had an older brother named Liam.

She was careful to leave Jake out of the recount. The last thing she wanted was to be side-lined by these superior officers due to her involvement of a civilian in the investigation. The fact she had no reliable colleagues within her department and that Jake was one of the most capable detectives she’d ever met would surely fall on deaf ears.

Afterward, Louise smiled and reclined in her chair. “You’ve been busy, Officer Sanborn, but I’m not surprised.” She nodded at the window that looked out on the other officers in the department. “I suspected right away that you were the only person who could get anything done around here.”

Lillian felt her cheeks flush. “So, what do you think, ma’am?”

“I think that until we have some DNA results, we are floundering around for leads of any kind. However, you have just floundered onto a good one, and I think we should take a look. Well done, Officer.”

“Thank you, ma’am,” Lillian said, but she wasn’t proud of herself, not at all. She remained interested in only one thing: finding the truth. “How did the interview with Mason Rogers go, ma’am?”

Louise smiled again. “Okay. But there’s one thing I need to make clear to you, Officer Sanborn.”

“Of course, ma’am.”

“There’s us and”—she pointed to the window again—“and them. I will bring you into the loop, but you must remain loyal to us.

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