Latent Danger by Lori Ryan

Author:Lori Ryan [Ryan, Lori]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Lori Ryan
Published: 2017-11-06T18:30:00+00:00

Chapter Twenty

Zach and Ronan pulled in the drive of the Elmhurst Academy early the following day. They needed to talk to the head of the school. Shauna was up north in her office for the morning, catching up on what her team had been doing and getting them caught up on the New Haven side of the investigation.

Zach wished she were down here. He was getting far too used to seeing her each day.

“So,” Ronan said as Zach navigated up the long drive. “You gonna tell me what’s with you and Shauna? Is there history there or future?”

Zach didn’t answer. He looked out over the campus, thinking it looked different than their first visit. The kids weren’t as relaxed. They still walked in groups to and from the various buildings, but there was a tension vibrating in the air that hadn’t been there earlier.

“Cuz even an idiot can see there’s something there.”

Zach looked to Ronan as he pulled into one of the empty spots in front of the building that housed the head of school’s office. “We have history. Before I was a cop.”

If Ronan was bothered by the fact Zach hadn’t told him, or that he didn’t seem inclined to share more now, he didn’t say so. They walked up the stairs and into the office, asking Carville’s receptionist if he was in. After a brief conversation on the phone, she showed them into the office.

The man didn’t look good. He seemed to have aged in the days since they’d last seen him.

“Gentlemen? Do you have news?” Carville gestured at the small conference table and sat when they did.

“I’m afraid it’s questions that brought us here, not news,” Ronan answered.

Zach jumped right in. “Why didn’t you tell us you were new to the school, Mr. Carville?”

The man’s brows went up. “Well, I’m not that new. It’s been almost nine months.”

“Just under eight months would be more accurate,” Zach said.

Carville ran his hand over the smooth surface of the table in a nervous gesture Zach hadn’t noticed the last time they spoke with him.

“You see a therapist, Mr. Carville?”

This brought the man’s head back up, froze his hand on the table top, but only briefly. He resumed the gesture as he answered. “What does that have to do with any of this? It’s a good measure for any head of school or dean to take on. Somewhat like a psychiatrist, I’ve always thought.”

“How’s that?” Ronan asked.

“Well, I see it as part of the job. It allows me to do my job better if I have an outlet, someone to talk to, bounce things off where there’s a confidential relationship. It’s just like any good psychiatrist should have a therapist of their own, to help them handle things. It’s the same way with my therapist.”

“So it’s a purely professional necessity, not anything related to your personal life?”

“Sure, sure. If you want to say it that way.” Carville raised his hand in a take it as you will gesture.

“I’m not interested in how I’d say it.

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