NYPD Red 7 by Marshall Karp

Author:Marshall Karp
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Publisher: Blackstone Publishing
Published: 2022-10-08T01:09:51+00:00

CHAPTER 40

Theo and I stopped at a bodega and loaded up on snack food, soda, cereal, and assorted microwaveable delicacies of dubious nutritional value. I also picked up a couple of burner phones. The tab ran to over two hundred bucks.

“Is the department paying for all this?” he asked.

“Oh, yeah,” I said. “We have a slush fund for dumbass kids who need protective custody because they thought they were smarter than a trained killer.”

He grinned. “In that case, hand me another box of those Yodels.”

“I live in a one-bedroom apartment,” I said once we were back in the car.

“No problem. I’m cool with crashing on your sofa. The only thing I care about is that you have a couple of serious locks on the front door.”

Cheryl was waiting for us when we got home. “Hungry?” she asked after I’d introduced them.

“Zach bought me some stuff,” he said.

She looked in one of the bags. “Oh, God. I mean real food. We’ve got a bunch of take-out menus in the kitchen. What are you in the mood for?”

I didn’t catch his answer, because my phone rang. It was Rich Koprowski, one of the detectives from Red who stayed at the funeral home after Kylie and I were summoned by the mayor.

“The ME just made it official,” he said. “Martin Sheffield was murdered—asphyxiated.”

“Anything turn up in his room?” I asked.

“He didn’t leave behind a whole lot of worldly goods,” Koprowski said. “Clothes, shoes, books, and not much else. The only thing of interest was an ammo box full of photos, letters, personal papers, and military memorabilia.”

“Send the photos to the facial recognition unit. Kylie and I will go through the rest of it in the morning.”

“He also left handwritten instructions to notify his lawyer upon his death. His name is Forrest Nivens. I called his cell. Small problem: the paperwork is in his safe at the office, but he and his wife are on a cruise ship in the middle of the Atlantic.”

“Get somebody else from the law firm to open it now,” I said.

“There is no somebody else. Nivens is a one-man band. The ship docks the day after tomorrow. The first thing he has to do when he gets back to New York is track down the primary beneficiary.”

“Did he give you a name?” I said. “We can save time by doing it for him.”

“It won’t take long. The bulk of Sheffield’s estate was left to Theo Wilkins.”

“You’re kidding me.”

“Nivens said he can’t hand over the will until he files it with the probate court, but considering the circumstances, he said he’ll let us read the contents, which is all we really need.”

“Good job, Rich.”

“There’s more. Sheffield left a sealed envelope for Theo. Since it’s not mentioned in the will, Nivens can legally hand it over immediately.”

“Did he say what’s in it?”

“He has no idea. He said Sheffield never told him and he never asked.”

My call waiting beeped.

“Rich, I’ve got Kylie on the other line. Thanks for everything. Talk later.” I took the incoming call.

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