Ice Lake by B.J. Daniels

Author:B.J. Daniels [Daniels, B.J.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781459219854
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2012-01-01T06:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER NINE

OF ALL THE PEOPLE Leah might have expected to see at the door, David Fowler wasn't one of them. She figured if he was the strangler, he would have stayed in hiding--until 2:00 a.m., anyway. And if he was an innocent bystander in all this, then he would have been long gone.

Yet here he was, knocking on their door.

"I heard you wanted to see me," Fowler announced. He flicked his gaze around, as if he expected someone to jump out and grab him. And maybe he did. After all, he'd seen the dead woman in the room just across the hall.

"We do," Leah verified. "Where have you been?"

He glanced around again, this time toward the room where the body had been. "I'll answer all your questions, but first I want to come in. I'm not exactly comfortable standing out here in the open."

"And I'm not exactly comfortable having you in here with us," Alex snapped. Clearly, he was not pleased that Fowler had pulled a disappearing act and was just now showing up.

"Then maybe you can talk fast," he suggested. "Because I don't want to be the killer's next victim."

"Funny, I thought maybe you were the killer." Alex aimed one of his hard glares at the man.

Fowler's eyes widened and he tapped his chest. "You think I killed that woman? No way would I do something like that! I just happened to be in the hall when the maid opened the door and found her."

"Yeah, and then you disappeared," Leah reminded him. "Pretty suspicious, if you ask me."

"Because I was scared!" the man practically yelled. He mumbled something under his breath, then shook his head. "Look, when I was seven, I came home from school and found my mom dead. She'd committed suicide. Seeing that woman brought the memories flooding back. I couldn't stay. I couldn't stand to see her another second."

Despite the chilly temperature in the hall, sweat popped out above Fowler's upper lip. He certainly had the signs of a man on edge, but Leah knew serial killers could be deadly chameleons. The Big Sky Strangler fit that bill, and she was glad that Alex hadn't let this guy in with them.

"You saw the woman's body hours ago. Where have you been since then?" Alex asked, in his best special-agent tone. He definitely wasn't reacting sympathetically to what Fowler had just told them about being traumatized over his dead mother.

The man volleyed glances at both of them. "You really think I killed her?"

"We really think it's a possibility," Leah informed him. "And that possibility is getting bigger because you seem to be dodging my partner's question. Where have you been in the last few hours?"

That didn't help his sweaty lip or his nerves. It seemed as if he changed his mind a dozen times about what to say before he finally looked at her. Direct eye contact this time. However, Leah knew from experience that serial killers were often excellent liars.

"There are some empty guest rooms on the second floor," Fowler finally said.

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