Love Kills by Lisa Renee Jones

Author:Lisa Renee Jones
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER TWENTY-FOUR

The elevator breeds conversation and my irritation like a cheater breeds STDs: in painful excess. Since I’m saving all my mammoth irritation for Sergeant Morris, I take the stairs.

The walk is two floors, and it’s not long until I enter an area where a woman in uniform sits between me and the interrogation rooms. Not sure when this kind of security became necessary, but whatever. I don’t know her. That’s what matters. No need to converse. I flash my badge. “Where’s Morris?” I ask.

“3E,” the woman in uniform states, motioning me down a hall.

I walk in that direction and ignore the detective who passes me, despite vaguely remembering him from the past. I’m focused. I’m on a mission, and it isn’t to the damn moon, though it might be to hell for Morris. I enter a room where an officer is running the recording equipment; I give him instructions before I enter the room where Morris waits. He stands up. I slam the door. “Sit down,” I order.

He doesn’t.

Of course. He’s a man. You have to bust his balls to get him to listen to a woman, which is fine. I’m good at busting balls.

I walk to the table right across from him, shove my hands on the top, and lean toward him. “Lily told me you fucked her.”

He pales.

“Sit the fuck down,” I say.

He sits.

That was the easiest ball-busting ever.

I sit, too. “Start talking,” I order.

“Why is this an issue?”

“Why did you turn pale as a ghost when I said I knew then?”

“Because you came into an interrogation room and threw that out like you meant for it to cut me.”

“Apparently, it cut Lori. She was pissed at Lily.”

“That doesn’t even make sense. We broke up. She was dating someone else. We were just friends at the time. I told you we weren’t compatible as a couple.”

“But you were friends.”

“We were better as friends than we were at dating. I could laugh at her being a slob as a friend. When you date someone, you think—could I live with them? And why keep dating if the answer’s no?”

“How did you meet?” I ask.

“A charity run two years ago.”

“Lily says she met you when you were here to see Lori.”

“Technically we ‘met’ when I was dating Lori, but we never really spoke until that charity event. Why is this important?”

“You could have dated Lily to stay close to Lori, Detective Williams.”

“I was already close to Lori. We still hung out.”

“Did you know her new boyfriend, Redman? You know, the one who shot himself in court to try to save her life.”

His lips tighten. “I knew him. I hung out with him and Lori a few times. I didn’t like the guy. And he didn’t seem like he was into her enough to shoot himself to save her, but you know, what do I know?”

“Explain,” I order.

“He took a few calls that felt off. Secretive. Like side chick kind of calls.”

“Sounds like you have experience with side chicks.”

He scowls. “A guy who’s been around other guys with side chicks knows shit, too.

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