The Devil Among Us by Ramsay Sinclair

Author:Ramsay Sinclair [Sinclair, Ramsay]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2021-05-02T23:00:00+00:00

19

For the first time in a while, I was left to my own devices and to an empty office. Even so, it didn’t help the distrustful, intrusive suspicions running through my head. To frame me would be one thing, but to frame a decent, hardworking woman like McCall was a whole new playing field.

I remembered what Michael had told me beneath the underpass. The criminals who set us up had threatened the underground networks and forced frontmen to be involved in their drug transportations. Each of those frontmen was now dead.

But what happened when these slippery criminals could also threaten our own officers to double-cross us?

Ryan’s hidden bag had contained multiple pieces of screwed up paper, and I’d only managed to get a hold of one. But the one currently bundled up in my pocket contained a threat, a threat that ordered PC Ryan Shaw to destroy the CCTV tape which I’d also transferred into my care. Could these same letters have forced Ryan into planting McCall’s print onto the phones?

Speaking of the devil, Ryan Shaw knocked on the door and scared the hell out of me. I’d been otherwise distracted since Rebecca revealed the forensic prints.

“DI Cooper? You asked to see me?” His blonde hair stood out from a mile away, contrasting but also creating a synchronicity with his icy blue eyes. He reminded me of a cartoon character, the sort of man that animators would love to draw.

“Ryan.” I sat up straight. “Take a seat. Right on time, you’re just the guy I wanted to see.” After I gestured towards the empty chair, he abided by the offer and slowly stalked over. “How’s the shoulder doing?”

I had started our exchange off lightly. Grunting in relief at the chance to rest his weary feet, Ryan had no clue why he’d been summoned into our department. Folding both greasy hands together, he waited expectantly for some indicator of what our private audience would entail.

“It’s getting there. They said it’s healing as well as can be expected.”

“Yes, well. Getting shot isn’t something that happens every day.” I paused and mulled over the possibilities of how to begin my informal interrogation. Beating around the bush wasn’t my particular style, so I dived in at the deep end. “Skipper saw you rifling around the CCTV tapes.”

Ryan froze on the spot at my utterance.

“I went to your office and found a bag shoved behind your desk,” I continued gravely. “These were inside.” Digging the crumpled paper and CCTV tape from my pocket, I laid them out on the desk before us. “When did you start receiving these threats, Ryan?”

He said nothing.

“This specific note told you to steal the CCTV tape.” I waved the tape as an example. “Forced you, even.”

Ryan struggled to maintain his composure and shook violently.

“I’m not angry, Ryan. I understand that being threatened isn’t to be taken lightly. Who’s sending these letters to you?” I urged impatiently but gained no recognisable or distinguishable reply. Sitting forward on my chair, I tried to make as much eye contact with him as possible to portray my sincerity.

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