Kalayna Price - 1 Once Bitten by Kalayna Price

Author:Kalayna Price
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2014-04-16T16:00:00+00:00

Gil lead the way out of the condo, setting a quick pace. As soon as the door closed behind me, another clicked open.

The neighbor we had spoken to earlier peeked into the hallway, and then shut the door again. Metal dragged across metal as he released the security locks. He stepped into the hall, his hand clutching his doorknob like a lifeline back into the safety of his condo.

"You are investigators, right?"

Whatever Gil had done to him earlier must have been wearing off. She stepped up, likely to give him another dose, but Nathanial held up a hand.

"Yes, but we are not affiliated with the police. We were given the assignment by a private party."

The man chewed on this information, eyes roaming over us, and then he nodded. “I overheard the family mention hiring private investigators."

"Had you been acquainted with Ms. Lamar long?” Nathanial asked.

That sounded like a reasonably legitimate question to me, and I silently applauded him. Of course, all I knew about investigating and questioning witnesses could fit in a thimble with room to spare.

"I hadn't known her long. She'd only been living next door a couple of months before she...” He seemed at loss as to how to end the sentence.

Was savagely murdered, I supplied for him mentally

Nathanial gave him a compassionate smile and quietly said, “Passed away."

The man nodded. “Yes, before she passed away."

"Do you know if she had any enemies?” Bobby asked, and my silent clapping continued.

"Like I told the police, she acted like a nice-enough person. She said hello in the halls, held the elevator if she saw me coming, went to the community meetings, and was a quiet neighbor. No one around here had any problems with her that I ever heard.” He paused as if debating the next sentence. Apparently he decided to share, because he continued, “She was in the process of a divorce. She left her husband for a woman. That had to cause some bad feelings."

"This woman, was Phyllis still seeing her at the time of her death?” Gil asked.

"Jessica. And they were living together. I helped her move some things out a couple weeks ago. She couldn't bear reentering the condo. She was the one who found Phyllis.” He paused and looked away. His hand moved to his mouth and he chewed at a nail. All his nails were gnawed to the quick. “Do you think the person who did this ... will he come back? I've been thinking about moving ... but if the ... killer was her ex, he wouldn't have any reason to come after me, right?"

"Do you think it was her ex?” I asked, and hoped I sounded half as smart as the others had.

"Well, I mean, she left him for a woman, and I'd heard they weren't on good terms. Messy divorce.” His hand fell to his side. “How would he have gotten the dog into the building though?"

Bobby raised his eyebrows. “Dog?"

"Well yeah. Jessica was beating on my door in hysterics, and I couldn't make heads or tails of what was going on, so I went to check it out.

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