Rex 03 The Face by K C Finn

Author:K C Finn
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

The Green Eyed Monster

20.

It’s a sobering and embarrassing fact when Caecilius Rex realises that Kendra, out of the goodness of her heart, hasn’t actually told anybody that she has currently suspended him from the force. He passes onto the boat to Dartley Prison with absolutely no interruptions, the guards simply assuming he has been called to assist in what they’re calling “The Morgan Incident”.

“Thought you were on leave, Rex?” Asks an attendant as he arrives at the first door before the security room of the facility.

“Oh, you know me,” Cae lies with half a smile, “can’t resist a murder scene.”

The attendant just chuckles and lets him through. In the next room, where Cae is expected to surrender his weapons, he finds instead that his chief of police is already there getting hers back. Kendra is replacing a smart new handgun into a shoulder holster when she catches sight of him coming through the door.

“No, no way,” she says immediately, throwing her grey suit jacket back on without really looking at his face, “whatever you’re doing here, just don’t do it. I’m not in the mood.” Her expression would have told him that without any need for words.

The young detective steps up to his chief quickly, speaking in a lower tone and trying to get her to look at him.

“But I know why Morgan did it,” he pleads, “I know why he attacked those three men.”

Kendra’s gaze snaps to him then and her dark brows fly up her tired looking face.

“How do you know so much about this?” She demands. “This is a hot crime scene; it only happened a couple of hours ago.”

“I was at Angelica’s place; she got a call from the big boss here.”

It is obvious immediately after he’s spoken that mentioning Angelica Lane is an incredibly stupid move to make in the face of an angry Kendra Nai. The petite blonde is not the ex-sergeant’s favourite person at the best of times, and finding out so abruptly that Angelica is the person Cae has been going to for help in Kendra’s absence is not going to help the situation whatsoever. But it’s already too late for Cae to retract the words.

“Well you sure were lucky to be with her at such a time,” Kendra says with what’s almost a snarl, “I hope you enjoyed sipping coffee with her and talking about old crimes whilst I’m here knee-deep in the fresh ones.”

“But that’s just it,” Cae tries to explain, ignoring the sickly guilty feeling in the back of his throat, “the two are connected! The three dead men here, they were all connected to The Face.”

“I don’t have time for your conspiracies,” Kendra snaps angrily, her dark skin pulled taught as she sets her jaw at a determined angle, “Some of us have real jobs to do, you know. There’s authority to be maintained around here.”

If there is ever a time that Kendra Nai sounds less than human, it’s now. Something emotionless and regimental has overtaken her of late, even more so since Cae saw her last.

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