Proof of Murder (A Beyond the Page Bookstore Mystery Book 4) by Lauren Elliott

Author:Lauren Elliott
Language: eng
Format: azw3
Publisher: Kensington Books
Published: 2020-04-27T22:00:00+00:00

Chapter 17

This was the second time in as many days that Marc had treated her like a child, sending her from the room for a time-out. Addie leaned forward on her elbows and rubbed her palms together. She and Simon had arrived at the police station at precisely 7 a.m., the start of Marc’s shift. He had cordially greeted them both, and he and his sidekick, Ryley, listened as Simon explained about Addie’s fitness watch and showed them the data stored in the app on her phone. That was when Marc dismissed her to the waiting room—nearly two hours ago.

Her gaze bore into the closed door. It was times like this she wished she had x-ray vision or could be a fly on the wall. She’d have given anything to know what they could still possibly be debating. Simon was relatively an expert on the health app data they’d presented. It made her wonder if it was Marc or Ryley questioning his explanation. Surely they could see by now she had an airtight alibi. It was all there, logged into her phone. She rose to her feet and started pacing.

Marc’s office door opened, and Simon stepped out.

“Simon, finally. What’s going on? Why is this taking so long?”

Marc and Ryley, hot on Simon’s heels, exited down the back staircase without even a glance in her direction.

“Simon, what’s happening? Am I free of the charges?”

His drawn face said it all even before he spoke, she knew the answer. “No, but I’m pretty sure you will be soon. Hang in there awhile longer.”

“What do you mean? Can’t they see I couldn’t have been the one that broke into the library? We have proof now.”

He brushed his lips across her hot cheek. “I think you were right to add Ryley’s name to your suspect list,” he whispered in her ear.

Her eyes widened. He rested his forehead against hers, drawing her closer. “For some reason, she’s trying to find a loophole in the data program and refuses to believe you are innocent. It didn’t matter what I said. She won’t be convinced. I’d say something else is driving this, but I don’t know what.”

“So now what?”

“She wanted to wait to do any follow-up on this until after the weekend because the DA doesn’t generally work Saturdays, but I made Marc call him and run this new development past him.”

“And?”

“And he’s agreed to meet with us at his house in Salem.”

“You’re going, too?”

“Yeah, she said a couple of things that made me wonder how much she could be trusted to present all the facts about this program and its capabilities. I want to be there just in case she tries to brush any of it off. Then it will be completely the DA’s call if he wants to pursue charges against you or drop them, and he won’t be influenced by a partial report.”

“I thought she was a professional. Wouldn’t she want to get to the bottom of this?”

“You’d think, but as I said, I get the feeling that there’s something else going on here, but I have to go.

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