The Darker Side by Cody McFadyen

Author:Cody McFadyen [McFadyen, Cody]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi, pdf
Published: 2010-07-04T04:00:00+00:00

“MR. HARRISON BESTER IS APPARENTLY not a security-conscious Internet user,” Callie says. “I’m sitting in front of his home right now, choosing the paper stock for my wedding invitations.”

“Did the surveillance show up yet?”

“No.”

“They’ll be there soon, I imagine. I need you to stay put until they arrive.”

She emits a long, loud, noisy sigh. “You really have no respect for the pressure I’m under. Planning a wedding, working this case, riding herd on Kirby, and trying to fit in my nightly sex-a-thon with Sam. Very stressful.”

“Poor baby.” I smile.

“Thank you, honey-love. That’s all I need, just a little sympathy now and again. How did it go with Father Yates?”

“It was positively enlightening. I’ll fill you in tomorrow. We need to start early.”

“I’LL GO TO BED WHEN I feel like it, thanks. You’re my superior, not my mother.”

“Have it your way, James. I have a lead, though, a good one. I want everyone in early.”

“I’m always early,” he retorts, and then hangs up. I shake my head as I close the phone.

“How’s Damien?” Alan asks.

“Charming, as always.”

“You know what the strangest thing is for me about James being gay?”

“The idea of him being intimate with anyone?”

He grins. “That’s right. Before he said he was gay, I honestly kind of thought of him as a eunuch. Sexless. I can’t imagine anyone putting up with his shit long enough to hop in the sack with him.”

“Takes all kinds to make the world go round.”

“I’m glad about it.”

“Why?”

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“He’s an irritating little fucker, and sometimes I want to punch his lights out, but he’s still family. I’m glad he’s got something going on in his life besides the j-o-b.”

I smile at him as he drives. “You’re a big old softie, Alan.”

“Don’t tell anyone. Hey, I was watching Father Yates when you were telling him about Rosemary and the video clip. The guy is good. Really good. I couldn’t read his reaction at all.”

Alan reads people the way others read books. Pupil dilation, changes in breathing pattern, even something simple like the nervous turning of a ring around a finger, all have their place in ferreting out the truth. He’s saying that Father Yates is very, very good at restraining these reactions.

“Kind of interesting,” Alan observes. “Maybe we should take a closer look at the priest. That kind of control is rare unless you’ve been trained to do it.”

“He’s not the guy,” I say.

“You sure?”

I shouldn’t be. I’ve been fooled before, trusting angels who turned out to be devils in disguise. But I am, this time.

“I’m sure.”

“You seeing things clearly on this one?”

This is as close as Alan will ever get to asking me what happened inside that confessional booth. He knows to leave it alone, just as I would if our roles were reversed.

“Go ahead and pull his background, Alan. Dot the i’s. But I’m telling you, he’s not our guy.”

“Okay, okay.” He goes quiet as we continue to drive through the darkness.

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