Gotcha Detective Agency Mysteries Boxed Set (3 Books) by Jamie Lee Scott

Author:Jamie Lee Scott
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Publisher: LBB Company (Ryan Lee,Inc.)
Published: 2012-12-31T05:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 5

I swear I barely made it to the front door before the police arrived. I went back to where Charles had parked to tell Jackie to go home. It was a needless trek as Jackie had already left. I know it shouldn’t have, but her leaving made me suspicious.

When the police arrived and entered William Garrison’s residence, Charles exited. I walked back to see why he stood in the yard instead of coming back to his car. Personally, I wanted to be as far from this house as I could get.

“Let’s go,” I said.

“Don’t think so.” Charles looked down the street. “Be warned, the homicide unit is on the way.”

“Great.” The homicide unit could possibly be Nick Christianson. I hoped it was anyone but him. Okay, in truth, I wanted to see him, as it’d been months since we last talked, but I didn’t want to see him at a crime scene.

“Maybe you’ll get lucky, and Nick will be the detective in charge.” Charles gave me a little nudge.

“Or not.”

There were at least half a dozen cops in the homicide unit, so the chances of it being Nick shouldn’t be an issue. But those chances diminished to zilch as I saw the plain cop car skid to a stop in front of the Garrison house. I turned my back to the street and stared at the house.

About this time, the neighbors came out of their houses to gawk. The neighbor to the right of the Garrison house, walked up to me.

“What’s going on?” He was an older man, I’d guess in his fifties, but still quite handsome. He wasn’t much taller than my 5’7”, but he seemed to tower over me. Maybe it was his build. It looked like his second job might be working out at the gym, and I liked the way his biceps bulged against the fabric of his polo shirt.

“Probably not my place to say.” I didn’t know this guy, so I didn’t want to say anything I shouldn’t.

“Well, something is going on. And since this is my next door neighbor, I think I should know.”

Charles said, “There was a death.”

“A death?” The neighbor sounded surprised, but seemed more curious.

“I probably shouldn’t say anything more.” Charles walked off and left me.

I thought about William’s body on the floor next to the bed. Okay, I’m going to assume it was William, because the head was so bashed in the face wasn’t recognizable. It may have had some identifying features to someone who knew him. And to someone who knew the man very personally, his privates were exposed for identification. William still wore his socks, but his pants and boxer shorts were mere inches from his body.

As more neighbors gathered around the handsome guy, I headed toward the driveway, and them there to speculate.

I thought about the last time Nick and I met at a crime scene. In that case, the victim was very recognizable. It’s just that her head was no longer attached to her body. I finally got the courage to turn and face the detectives as they approached.

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