The Elephant Bowl (A Detective August Miller Series--Short Stories) by Charles Prandy

Author:Charles Prandy [Prandy, Charles]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Charles Prandy

Chapter Seven

The next few hours were spent in the interrogation room. Marshall answered every question in full. He talked about his past drug use and how drugs had influenced his bad decisions. He talked about how his last time in jail had been a real eye opener, and how he’d known that, if he didn’t change his life, he would end up committing another crime that would send him back. August asked him a few different times and a few different ways how he knew Mia Matthews, and every time he said he didn’t.

August wasn’t sure if Marshall was being genuine or if he was just a really good liar. He was a life-long drug user who was used to lying to people, but her instincts told her that Marshall might not be the guy. Regardless, she asked if he’d consent to a DNA sample. She wasn’t sure what, if any, DNA could be retrieved from the remains, but the fact that Marshall agreed spoke volumes to his possible innocence. She swabbed his mouth and packaged the sample away for analysis. She had nothing else to hold him on, and since she hadn’t arrested him, she allowed him to return home.

August spent the remainder of the day reading over other cases, doing paperwork and taking calls. When it was time to clock out, she was hungry, but she didn’t want to eat a lot. In fact, the only thing she had a taste for was donuts. She believed in health and fitness, so eating healthy was a big part of her diet, but she had a sweet tooth that, from time to time, won the battle of good versus gluttony. When she was younger, August had loved getting donuts from a place called Montgomery Donuts. Sometimes, she’d bought half-a-dozen and eaten three before she’d made it home. Now, at thirty-seven, she couldn’t do that anymore, but from time to time, she’d go to the local grocery store and get half-a-dozen donuts from their bakery. They weren’t Montgomery Donuts, but they did the trick.

She arrived home with half-a-dozen glazed and chocolate-glazed donuts. After sitting on her couch for a couple of minutes, and coming to the realization that the donuts would be her dinner, she opened her workbag and pulled out Mia’s diary. August took a bite of her first donut and proceeded to read page one.

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