Oracle: A Story from The Reels by Brian Ewing

Author:Brian Ewing [Ewing, Brian]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Brian B. Ewing
Published: 2020-10-17T22:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 20

A wave of emotions assaulted Sisto with unrelenting force. Ama’s voice faded to the background as Sisto started to self-analyze the trail of mistakes, which led to him to the conclusion that he was an unqualified thirty-one-year old asshole that had put his best friend in the crosshairs of a killer. Carson, Jackie, it didn’t matter who was at the reigns of the twisted game—the kill now presented to Sisto was nothing less than poetic justice. Eight years ago, Tom Sisto had refused to die. Taking one breath, one surgery, one physical therapy session at a time, until he was strong enough to enter the courtroom and tell his truth and ultimately put Frank Vinnova away to prison for conspiracy to commit murder. The testimony, paired with the hours of wire taps and photos the FBI had facilitated, locked the case rock-solid, a final nail not only in Frank Vinnova’s empire, but also his life, as he was murdered behind the cold walls of a federal prison. Carson and Jackie had both lost their best friend because of Sisto, and now, Sisto had lost his best friend.

His face told a story Caden could read from a mile away, let alone the fifteen feet where she had been circling near the elevators. She stopped, as Sisto froze after Ama stated something too muddled between tears and mucus for her to hear. Caden had registered the expression Sisto wore to be a gut shot of information. Taking her years of experience into play, she approached the two civilians with intent to extract information. She knew that whatever Ama had discovered and relayed to him had to have been intense for Sisto’s marble-blue eyes to start looking around in every direction for a savior. In that moment, Caden didn’t see Tom Sisto, quirky consultant psychic. She saw a friend that was hurt by something he’d found out. Caden, compassionate to all, realized that her heart had broken a little looking at him. The feeling scared her as a realization swept across her that she may have blurred a line she normally kept firm in the invisible sand of partnerships.

The guilt stung like a hot poker in Sisto’s heart as he turned towards the apartment door across his own. Caden approached as the intuition that served her well in her detective career advised her to speak with caution. Both Corden Palisades residents looked at Detective Caden as she softly extended her hand, placing it over his left arm to comfort Sisto.

“Tom?” Caden asked as gently as possible, considering the intensity the last half hour had presented.

A bloodshot-eyed, snotty mess of an Ama cleared her throat. “Sisto asked me to run a fingerprint for him.”

Caden hesitated, knowing if she pursued questioning the wrong way, she may have to have an uncomfortable conversation with Ama Navarro down at the SCPD police station for breaking an encyclopedia worth of cyber laws. “Who?”

Just as cautious, Ama pointed towards apartment fifty-two. “Craig Allman.”

“He was a friend.” It was more a statement from Caden than a question.

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