Mysteries of Max: Books 55-57 by Nic Saint

Author:Nic Saint [Saint, Nic]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Puss in Books
Published: 2022-07-24T04:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 27

David and Pauline Felfan looked as shellshocked as any couple who had recently lost their son could look. As they sat in the downstairs salon, listening to Chase introducing himself and Odelia, they hardly seemed to be paying any attention at all. For a moment I wondered if they even spoke English. I knew that Chase didn’t speak French, and Odelia must have wondered the same thing, for she suggested we bring in Steph so she could translate.

But then Pauline held up a slender and bejeweled hand and said, “That won’t be necessary. Though are you sure you want my husband here? He isn’t feeling well, you see.”

“It’s the jet lag,” said David, clearing his throat.

He cut a tall, imposing figure, or he would have done, if he hadn’t looked so pale and drawn. With his full head of gray hair and his fleshy face, he certainly looked like a man who made a deep impression on people. Even now, when he was clearly feeling under the weather.

“I’ll be fine in a moment,” he assured us, though he wasn’t fooling anybody. “Steph told us you have a man in custody. But she also told us you haven’t given her a lot of information about him. Is he the man who killed my son, detective?”

“I’m afraid we had to release the person we had in custody. He’s admitted to certain facts, but not the murder, and since we can’t prove his involvement, for now he’s a free man again. But he’s still a suspect, and we’re doing everything we can to build a case against him, though we’re keeping our options open, and are also looking at other possibilities.”

“I have a possibility for you,” said David, sitting up a little straighter. “Perhaps Steph told you about this, but I was going to run for mayor of Paris. Now with Jeff gone, I no longer have plans in that direction. But when my son was still alive…” He broke down for a moment, with Pauline reaching out a concerned hand. But he quickly recovered, clearly eager to stay strong. “When Jeff was still alive, there was every chance that I was going to win that election and be the next mayor. My main opponent was a man named Bill Cymbal. Now, of course, with me out of the way, he’s going to win. And so I’ve been thinking about this all through the flight to New York, and I’m convinced that Cymbal is behind the murder of my son.”

“Oh, David,” said Pauline, who seemed taken aback.

“You see, the man is ruthless. Absolutely ruthless.”

“You don’t possibly think…”

“No, but I do think, chéri. Steph told us that the gun used to murder my son is connected to an organized crime syndicate. Well, that proves it, doesn’t it? Cymbal is a smooth operator, and he would never get his hands dirty, but he would know how to hire a professional killer and order a hit on my one and only son, knowing it would utterly destroy me.

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