Here Comes Trouble by Becky McGraw

Author:Becky McGraw [McGraw, Becky]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
ISBN: 9781301089116
Publisher: Smashwords
Published: 2013-01-01T08:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER ELEVEN

Cold from head to foot, Terri stood right inside the doorway of the bedroom, as the paramedic who'd just arrived examined Karen's body. The police that arrived with the first responders were in the front room talking to Joel. Chase was on his way, Terri sure wished he'd hurry up.

"I worked on her for about thirty minutes, but she was still unresponsive," Terri told the medic with chattering teeth, "Time of death was seven twenty-five...well it was probably earlier, because Rigor Mortis had already set in before I started working on her." The young medic checked for a pulse, then looked up with sad eyes and nodded, before he gently recovered Karen's face.

"I'll call the coroner to pick her up," he said and turned toward her. "The police will probably want to investigate, before they move her body. Let's close the door and go out front to wait."

Terri nodded and walked back down the hall to the front room. It was filled with fire, medical and police personnel. Joel was on the sofa, still sitting there like a zombie. Seeing him like that made her heart twist, and Terri fought the urge to go over there and comfort him. He looked so desolate and alone. A strong man in the middle of chaos trying to deal with something he didn't know how to deal with. Terri knew that feeling, she was feeling the same way.

A hand touched her shoulder, before someone asked. "Ma'am...were you the one who found the body? She turned to face the speaker and saw it was a younger, fresh-faced man in a Texas Ranger uniform.

"Yeah, I found her around seven and tried to revive her," she replied.

"I need to get a statement from you, please."

She nodded and followed the man to the kitchen, where he pulled out a chair and asked her to sit. Thirty minutes later, the coldness inside of her was gone, thoroughly thawed by the heat of her anger. When the Ranger started questioning her, she quickly figured out two things. First, the man was not as young as she thought, and secondly he was building a case against Joel, by trying to trick her into saying things that weren't true. He wasn't investigating the crime with an open mind looking at other options. He asked leading questions that pointed in one direction...toward Joel.

She might have thought it was possible that Joel was guilty, but dammit, they were supposed to look at all the possibilities.

She didn't know Karen, or know about her life other than she had been married to Joel, they were getting divorced and she was giving him hell over the property settlement. As far as Terri knew, Joel had been here alone with Karen after Terri left, and she had no idea what happened after she left them to go to the hospital. When she left they'd been arguing, and the guests had gone upstairs. He'd gotten to the hospital after midnight, and she had no idea who brought him there.

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