Honor Thy Mother by Maurice Draine

Author:Maurice Draine
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Tireless Ambition

Chapter Seventeen

Rue walked into work with one mission in mind. Speak to Witkowski. He was the officer listed on the report. Along with a Dotson. Whoever that was. After Rue left Atticus’s house, she went home and reviewed the information she had—again. This time around, she noticed how Witkowski, and Dotson had been on several of the cases she had. With the exception of a few other officers who took the report.

The attacks had started in 1990. Witkowski had gotten on the case six months after the attacks started, and had been on them until the trail ran cold. Rue had heard about his stellar record. Allegedly stellar that is. It seemed this case in particular was his white whale. The one case he hadn’t been able to solve—find a lead on—or even make sense of. And the one person who was able to identify a possible suspect gets run out of town.

Rue was also inclined to believe that Witkowski, along with his fellow detectives, were responsible for harassing him. All because he stated what he saw, and they didn’t like it. In addition to their unprofessional behavior, Rue had questions surrounding the missing information. Why was his witness statement missing? Where had it been placed because it certainly wasn’t in the file. Rue had gone over every single detail. Combed through the files she had, even her memory, and nothing.

There wasn’t even anything that she could find that showed they looked into Atticus’s claim. More than likely, they immediately dismissed it and elected to make him suffer for it.

In her conversation with Jamison, she insinuated that she and Terri might have mixed up some paperwork during the time they were sorting the files. That was just to keep him from going off the deep end. He would go into a complete frenzy if he thought she was going after a dirty cop.

Rue swallowed her fear and pressed the button for the elevator. Walking into it, she selected the third floor. She was hoping this went well. All the information she needed was what happened with Atticus’s statement. She also had a few questions surrounding the previous cases.

Stepping off the elevator, Rue looked around, searching the room for Witkowski. After she located him, she made her way towards his desk. He was sipping a cup of coffee, appearing to be busy. Rue stopped at the side of his desk.

Witkowski looked up at her.

“Is there something I can help you with?” he asked snidely.

A smirk formed on Rue’s lips. He was rude. That much she knew. Still, she needed information from him, so she’d play nice for now.

“There is actually.”

Witkowski shifted in his chair.

“And what is it that I can help you with?”

“I had a few questions for you,” Rue replied.

“For me?” he asked in a sarcastic tone. “What kinds of questions could a patrol officer have for me?”

Rue held her tongue as she breathed through her nose. His tone was unbecoming. It was borderline ignorant. Certainly, along the lines of arrogant.

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