Photo Finished by Dane McCaslin

Author:Dane McCaslin [Griggs, Dane McCaslin & Kimberly]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Gemma Halliday Publishing
Published: 2019-04-10T16:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER TWELVE

Kailani's lifeless eyes haunted me as I raced to my car and waited for the police to arrive. I barely remembered calling 9-1-1 and Jimmy. Death was always terrible. But violent deaths had a way of sticking with you, I was finding.

A rap on the window startled me, and I looked into the eyes of my savior and friend. With a gasping sob, I pushed the door open, throwing myself into Jimmy's arms and letting all my pent-up emotions run out my eyes to soak his black T-shirt.

"I got here as soon as I could." His hands rubbed my back in a soothing caress. Unable to speak, I just nodded against his chest. Now that Jimmy was here, everything would be ok.

Finally under control, I pulled back. "It was terrible, Jimmy. All the blood…her eyes—"

"Shh. Don't talk about it right now. Detective Ray and his guys should be here any minute."

As if he'd conjured them from thin air, the sirens grew louder as several police cars pulled into the parking lot. Detective Ray emerged from one of the cars, his face grim. Jimmy lifted his hand, and Detective Ray made his way over to us, barking out orders to the other police as he did so.

"You ok?" he asked me.

"Yes. Just in shock, I guess."

He nodded his agreement, turning to one of the guys and asking for a bottle of water. As the guy jogged back to the car, Detective Ray turned back to me. "I'm going to need your statement, but I want to make sure you're good and hydrated first. Can't have you passing out on me and suing the station."

What looked like an almost grin tugged at the side of his mouth, but it disappeared so quickly it was hard to tell. He reminded me of a Hawaiian Tommy Lee Jones, sans the southern accent. I giggled, and both Detective Ray and Jimmy looked at me like I'd gone crazy. Maybe I had.

"Shock, remember?" I said as Jimmy squeezed me tight against his side.

Detective Ray noticed the exchange and lifted one eyebrow.

The policeman returned with the bottle of water, and I chugged it down. Wiping my mouth with the back of my hand, I felt stronger to face the detective's questions.

"I'm ready."

"Can you tell me what happened, Ms. Season?" Detective Ray's hand was poised over his little notebook, ready to take down anything interesting I said.

I went over the events of the last twenty-four hours, starting with the luau and the argument I'd witnessed with Patti Stone, followed by Kailani's fear-filled phone call. I wasn't sure it was important but felt like I needed to tell him as much as I could.

"Why would she call you instead of the police?" Detective Ray asked, and I could tell he was a little miffed.

"Maybe she felt intimidated by the police? She mentioned that when I spoke to her a couple of days ago. I don't know. Maybe she thought I'd tell Jimmy and he could intervene? I'm not sure why she called me first.

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