ONCE HE PINES by Molly Black

Author:Molly Black [Black, Molly]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2023-11-22T00:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER FOURTEEN

Claire reached into the compartment under the excavator’s seat and pulled the cloth bag out. It had a drawstring top, but it was open displaying the contents.

“I said there aint nothing for you in there lady. That’s private property,” Callum Pollard cried from behind her, and she could hear him tussle with Wilson who had to warn him to calm the hell down.

She lifted the black bag, surprised how much it weighed, then turned round and walked slowly down the step to stand in front of Wilson and a defeated looking Pollard.

“I think we can add theft and grave robbing to the attempted murder rap,” she said, holding up the bag for her partner to see.

"That's why you acted the way you did when you saw us coming for you. Guilty conscience," Wilson said, turning back to Pollard. Then he looked over his prisoner's shoulder at two officers striding their way.

“Agents, you been doing a little bit of garbage disposal?” Sergeant Bradley said when he saw who the man Wilson held by the shoulder was.

Pollard looked at the sergeant and grunted. They obviously had previous between them.

Claire turned to him. The sergeant appeared more at ease than when he had been outside the Johnson House. He held out the bag. "Looks like he has been helping himself to the belongings of those in the cemetery. Not just the new ones either, looking at this. One of the rings in there has the bone in it."

All four looked at Pollard, who had the good grace to say nothing and look at his feet, with the nearest thing to shame Claire guessed he possessed.

"He also attempted to kill myself and Agent King here. We'll give you our statements later," Wilson said, shoving Pollard into the welcoming arms of Bradley's companion.

“What do you know about Cub, his brother?” Claire asked Bradley.

A look of distaste clouded the sergeant’s features. “I wouldn’t want to say what I felt, not with a lady present. But if you are going to see him, I would be ready. To say he won’t take kindly to you sniffing around his affairs is an understatement.

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