Her Perfect Bones by Ellery A. Kane

Author:Ellery A. Kane [Kane, Ellery A.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781838888619
Publisher: Bookouture
Published: 2021-02-15T18:30:00+00:00

As Will expected Shelby’s ex-boyfriend, Simpkins, had a permanent scowl on his face. He’d lost the Mohawk, his bald head gleaming under the fluorescent lights, and put on twenty pounds of belly fat. Prison food will do that to you. But the attitude still belonged to the nineteen-year-old boy Will had seen in Trish’s photo. As far as criminals go, he figured to be about as cooperative as Cy had been on his way to the vet a few weeks back; legs splayed and claws unsheathed, howling bloody murder, Will had battled for twenty minutes to force the tabby into his newly acquired pet carrier.

This was certain to be twice as long and half as fun. All the more reason he and JB had agreed to tag-team the interrogation. To wear Simpkins down with their good cop–bad cop routine.

Will stood by the door, watching. He’d let JB have the first crack at him, get him warmed up.

“Good morning, Mr. Simpkins. We appreciate you agreeing to speak with us.” JB smiled, effusive as a game-show host.

A grunt and a nod from Simpkins. “I gotta be at work at nine.”

“A working man. Impressive. My partner and I don’t want to waste your valuable time, but we sure could use your help.”

Simpkins leaned back, resting his palms on his thighs. His knobby knuckles a far cry from the blade-like fingers in Shelby’s last photograph. “I watch the news. I know exactly what this is about, and I’ll save you the trouble. It ain’t me you’re looking for.”

“Who are we looking for then?”

“Hell if I know. That broad went and got herself killed. It’s not my fucking problem.” Once he’d spit the vile words out and had a chance to consider them, his sour face softened. “Pisses me off, though, about our kid.”

“I’ll bet. So, you knew about the baby? It was yours?”

“He, right? I heard that reporter say it was a boy. He was mine. As far as I know. That’s what Shelby told me.”

JB nodded. “And you wanted a kid?”

“Thought I did.” Simpkins shrugged. “Figured I could at least do it better than my deadbeat dad.”

“What did Shelby want?” Will spoke up, finally. As he said her name, he studied Simpkins’ eyes. No flinch. No regret. Nothing.

“She wanted to get rid of the baby.”

Will frowned, ready to poke the bear. “Really? I heard she was pretty hung up on you.”

“Shelby thought she was too good for me. That she was going places.” Simpkins laughed, all breath and irony. “Guess she did go someplace. Just not the place she thought.”

“If she wanted to have an abortion, how’d she end up nine months pregnant?” And dead. Will left that last part unspoken for now. He’d take Simpkins down one rung at a time. “Why’d she tell somebody else she was giving the baby up for adoption?”

“All I know, she made an appointment at one of those clinics. We had a fight, and I refused to go with her. But Drea told me she didn’t go through with it.

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