Justice by S.J. Bryant

Author:S.J. Bryant
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: space opera, female protagonist, space western, science fiction mystery, science fiction action adventure, womens adventure, science fiction female hero
Publisher: Saffron Bryant

CHAPTER ELEVEN

“Back off, Bruce. I didn’t kill your President,” Nova said, her feet firmly planted.

“It sure as hell looks like it,” Bruce said, waving his hand at the corpse by her feet.

Nova rolled her eyes and folded her arms across her chest, staring at the brute standing before her. In a quiet tone she said, “In case you were asleep for the last two days, I’ve been out trekking through that pain-in-the-ass jungle trying to find your President’s body. I did not suddenly get caught red handed with him.”

Meaghan stepped forward from her place behind Bruce, her face deathly pale. Her heeled shoes clicked on the metal flooring as she pushed past the security guard. The noise stopped as Meaghan froze in place; her eyes locked with horror on Geron’s corpse. Her hand flew to her open mouth as she collapsed to her knees beside Geron’s body.

She reached for his face.

“Whoa!” Nova said, snatching Meaghan’s wrist and holding it away from the corpse. “No touching. It’s evidence.”

“He’s my husband!” Meaghan wailed.

Nova didn’t let go. “I’m sorry for your loss, but I can’t let you touch the body.”

Meaghan glared at Nova, her eyes flashing, as she whipped her wrist away and crawled on her knees a few feet away.

Dustin Feders stood just behind Meaghan, but unlike her, Geron’s son was much more restrained with his emotions. He stopped walking and stared at the body for a few moments. His face showed nothing, not even surprise.

Meaghan started weeping, her sobs echoing through the shipping bay. Dustin sauntered away from the commotion to stand in a far corner. He stared at the scene, but didn’t say a word and his facial expression didn’t change.

Perhaps most surprising of all was the response of Leon; Geron’s personal assistant. The thin man wore a bright yellow suit and his red beard was trimmed with precision. As soon as he entered the room a wail escaped his lips. He ran to Geron’s body and knelt on the opposite side to Meaghan. His hand hovered above the corpse before he blinked and stepped away from the body. He pulled a piece of cloth from his pocket and wept into it as he watched the scene unfold.

As each person came forward Nova took careful note of their reactions; the way they looked at the body and the rest of the room, whether they tried to touch him. What if someone close to the President had wanted him dead?

“Do you have an alibi?” Bruce said over the raucous of Meaghan’s wails and Leon’s sobbing.

“Of course not, I was wondering around the dark corridors just like everyone else when he went missing,” Nova said with her arms still folded across her chest. “But I would have to be mad to voluntarily walk out into that jungle, not just once, but twice.”

“You just happened to walk out there and find the body?” Bruce asked with a sneer.

“No, actually. It’s taken me two days and a lot of trouble to track it down. I realise you must be too thick to get that through your head.

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