Shadows Fall by J.K. Hogan

Author:J.K. Hogan [Hogan, J.K.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Gay Mainstream
Publisher: Wilde City Press
Published: 2015-06-15T14:00:00+00:00

Chapter Seventeen

Oh, god, the look on Charlie’s face when he’d realized my mistake? That broke my heart. I couldn’t believe everything had gotten so screwed up, so fast. I never asked for this ‘gift’ I had. Most of the time I just wanted it to go away. Unfortunately, somehow I’d wound up as a murder suspect in a case my… lover was investigating—only me.

Suspect. That was what I was now. Charlie hadn’t said it—he was still sticking with ‘material witness’ under suspicion of obstruction of justice—but DeRossi had. DeRossi hated me. I wasn’t sure if it was because he really thought I’d done it, or if he sensed something was going on between me and Charlie.

I was in an interrogation room, a much larger version of the one I’d been taken to before, with Charlie and his partner. In fact, it seemed like more of a conference room, except for the ever-present two-way mirror. They didn’t say it was two-way, but what other reason would there be for a mirror in an interrogation room. DeRossi was sitting across the metal table from me, while Charlie paced the room. I’d been given water after I snubbed the P.D.’s rotgut coffee.

Whatever the reason, Sonny DeRossi was going at me hard, having me repeat my statement over and over again, and waiting for me to slip up. I didn’t. I couldn’t, because it was the truth—minus one detail. But then, he’d always circle around to the one question I couldn’t answer without either implicating myself, or admitting that I’d seen Brandon Meyers’ ghost. Which option did I want, jail or the nuthouse?

I’d put on the pendant, the one that allowed me to hear the mule, because the only way I could see to get the focus off of me was by providing the cops with information they didn’t have. It might not get me out of the obstruction of justice charge or keep me from revealing my secret, but it could possibly buy me some time.

It was a good thing I had the necklace on, because they were all in there with us. All five victims stood against the wall, shoulder to shoulder, like some kind of macabre police lineup. My eyes kept drifting over to them, making contact with each one. Brandon Meyers had a look on his face, something akin to sympathy. Good, maybe we could help each other.

“Mr. McGinty!” DeRossi’s voice pulled my attention away from the restive spirits. “Am I boring you?”

I winced. I really wasn’t doing myself any favors. “No, sorry. Just tired. I had a late night.”

I look pointedly at Charlie, and he had at least the good grace to look sheepish. I knew it wasn’t his fault that I was there—that was all on me—but I didn’t want him to forget what we were to each other.

De Rossi scowled at me, planted his hands on the table, and stood up. “I’ll ask you one more time. How did you know that Brandon Meyers had the marks

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