Once You Go Black by Alex Cage

Author:Alex Cage
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Alex Cage
Published: 2019-04-10T00:00:00+00:00

THE DRIVE TO the Lutz residence took less than ten minutes. Black parked the car outside of the short chain link fence, near the street. The house was a decent size and had the gleam of a new coat of paint, while the yard was roomy—a very nice plot of land, but not as nice as the Finn residence. Black followed Belle up the driveway. Sara’s red sports car was parked, and she was closing the house front door as they approached.

“Hey, Sara,” Belle said.

“Hi,” Sara said. She narrowed her eyes at Black. “Hi.”

“Hello again,” Black said.

Belle shook her head and huffed a chuckle. “Sara, I need to ask you a few questions.”

Sara slowly moved her attention from Black to Belle. “Oh… okay.”

“You know Cameron Finn, right?” Belle asked.

Sara nervously rubbed the side of her neck. “Yes, why do you ask?”

“He was found dead this morning.”

“What! Why? What happened?”

“They’re saying he was murdered.”

Confusion wrinkled Sara’s face.

“I need you to answer this question for me, Sara,” Belle continued. “Were you and Cameron seeing each other?”

“Huh? What?”

“Were you two sleeping together?” Black asked.

Sara paused a beat before answering. “Yes.”

“Does your husband know about it?” Belle asked.

“I—I’m not sure.”

“Earlier you told me your husband was out all last night. Is that true?” Black asked.

“Yes, I didn’t see him last night, or this morning either. That’s why I went down to the station to check on him. You have to understand, both Cameron and I were emotionally wounded. We were just looking to console each other—”

Belle shrugged her hand towards Sara to stop her. “Stay in town today… I may have some follow-up questions.”

Sara nodded feebly.

“So what do you think now?” Belle asked, when they were back in the car.

“I think there’s a clear suspect with a clear motive,” Black answered. “I’m not great at this relationship stuff, so I’m still not certain how exactly it all came about, but I think we both know who’s behind the murder of Cameron Finn.”

“Agreed.”

Belle’s phone rang. “Speak of the devil,” she said, after she glanced at it.

Belle poked the phone and held it to her ear. “Deputy Belle,” she answered, then paused for Lutz to speak. “… I’m out questioning some potential suspects. Oh, I had to let him go. Couldn’t find anything to charge him with, remember? You told the state police that? Because they told me to let him go… I know you told me to bring him back, but he had proof he wasn’t even in town around the time they’re saying Cameron was murdered. I think we should be looking at our own people for this one.”

Belle listened into the phone for a beat. She glanced over at Black, then shook her head. “… No, no, no, calm down, I mean someone who is a resident of Brown Hill is likely the murderer… No need, I’ve already let her know… Yeah, she said she would call their families… Okay… Okay, I see. Catch you later.”

Belle ended the call and turned to Black.

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