Island Getaway, An Art Crime Team Mystery by Jenna Bennett

Author:Jenna Bennett
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: fbi, romance, suspense, mystery, art, sweet, sweden, scandinavia, gotland

Chapter Twelve

Boy, did he look mad!

Annika watched Nick head down the hallway from where she sat in a little room waiting her turn to talk to the police chief. She was halfway out of her chair, thinking to stop him, when she thought better of it. He looked furious, with patches of color on his cheekbones and his jaw clenched so tight she could see the tendons in his throat standing out. When he got to the door at the end of the hallway, he pushed it open with enough force that it slammed against the wall opposite and then bounced back. It was only because he was going so fast that he avoided getting hit on the backswing.

Annika moved from the chair to stand by the window to the outside. After a few seconds she saw him appear. He stalked into the middle of the parking lot, fists clenched and head down. As she watched, he gave a small pebble in his path a vicious kick and sent it flying. When he turned toward the police station again, she swore she could feel the strength of his glare like a laser beam. Amazing how the place didn’t just crash into rubble.

Obviously his own interview with the chief of police hadn’t gone well. That didn’t bode well for hers, did it?

But how could they possibly suspect Nick of having had anything to do with that poor old man? She didn’t know much about death and dead bodies, but she did know that they turned cold after a while. And Gustav had been cold. If Nick had only gotten to Gotland on the ferry an hour or so before she saw him, he couldn’t possibly have had anything to do with the murder.

Could he?

She wasn’t so lucky. She could prove where she was from she arrived in Visby until she ended up at Lena’s, but after that, she’d been on her own. Alone, in bed. She might have left again. She might have walked the couple of miles to Gustav’s cottage in the dark and killed him and then walked back to Lena’s and been back in bed asleep before dawn. She couldn’t prove she hadn’t.

Outside in the parking lot, Nick gave the building one last glare before turning away. He stuffed his hands in his pockets and walked out of the parking lot. The bright sun shone on his bent head, making his black hair shine like a raven’s wing. Annika watched him go, feeling a little like she was losing her only friend.

But before she could dwell on the fact that he wasn’t even going to wait for her, the door behind her opened, and she swung on her heel, all thoughts of Nick momentarily forgotten.

Officer Jansson had gone back to Gustav’s house after dropping her off. This was another officer, and Annika wasn’t sure what his name was. He was tall and blond and good-looking, too, although not as good-looking as Nick, and a bit too young for her.

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