Graveyard Druid: A New Adult Urban Fantasy Novel (The Colin McCool Paranormal Suspense Series Book 2) by M.D. Massey

Author:M.D. Massey [Massey, M.D.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: FIC010000, FIC009050, FIC009060
Publisher: Modern Digital Publishing
Published: 2017-02-17T06:00:00+00:00

Chapter Fifteen

I was in an interrogation room at central booking, my hands cuffed to a metal table in front of me. A female detective with a short haircut and a serious expression sat across from me. She was in her early thirties, petite but not necessarily athletic-looking, and wore a tan long-sleeved shirt tucked into a pair of broken-in Levi’s, scuffed black tactical boots, and a thick leather belt that secured a Crossbreed supertuck holster, currently empty.

She was not a happy camper at the moment.

“You know, if you don’t cooperate you’re only going to make it harder on yourself. We have you at the scene, we found your footprints and those of your accomplice behind the house, and I’m sure we’ll find your prints inside the house as well. Why don’t you just fess up, and maybe I can convince the judge to lighten your sentence? I’m sure the DA will be willing to talk a deal, once you start telling us what happened.”

“I’ll be happy to cooperate, just as soon as I speak with my attorney.”

Detective Klein leaned back in her chair and inhaled through her nose, letting it out again slowly. “Look, Colin, your record is squeaky clean, except for that incident a few years back with your girlfriend.”

I tried to keep my face neutral, but I must’ve let something slip. She smiled like a wolf on its way to grandma’s house.

“Oh, you think I didn’t know about that?”

She opened up a file folder, flipping through it and then slamming it down in front of me. She arranged several photos on the table, laying them out carefully, one by one.

“Take a look. This is what was left of your girlfriend’s body, after that ‘bear’ was done with her. Now, I’m no expert on animal attacks, but this sure in hell doesn’t look like it was done by a bear. And as far as I know, the last time a bear was seen in those parts was decades ago.”

I didn’t need to look at the photos; I’d seen it all firsthand.

For a brief moment I wanted to strangle her. Then I reminded myself that she was just doing her job. And if I were her, I’d think the strangely calm college-aged kid sitting in front of her had murdered Erskine, too.

I kept my eyes fixed on hers, and replied through gritted teeth. “Attorney. Lawyer. Phone call.”

At that moment, Borovitz burst into the room in a flurry of motion. “Say nothing more, Colin. Detective, you have nothing to hold my client on other than circumstantial evidence. If you’re not going to charge him with a crime, then we’ll be leaving immediately.”

All expression dropped from Klein’s square, rugged face like a guillotine, and her voice showed no emotion as she responded.

“I don’t think so. I get to hold your client for twenty-four hours, which is plenty of time to get the DA to file charges in the murder of Sergeant Erskine. But hey, I’ll be happy to leave you two alone to figure out your story while I get the DA out of bed.

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