The Justice Project by Michael Betcherman

Author:Michael Betcherman
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781459822528
Publisher: Orca Book Publishers
Published: 2019-06-30T16:00:00+00:00

“Holy shit,” Matt said.

“I don’t get it,” Sonya said.

“The Chief’s car was a black sedan. The day after the hit- and-run, Walter took it in for repairs. And we know the Chief liked to fool around. The young woman in the car could have been one of his girlfriends.”

“You think the Chief was driving? Are you insane?”

“Something happened to the car, or Walter wouldn’t have had to take it in,” Matt pointed out. “And remember how the Chief tried to stop us from investigating Ray’s case with that bullshit about us misusing Justice Project resources? What if Walter read the article and figured out that the Chief was responsible for the hit-and-run? Then he calls Gwen and tells her. That would explain the shit’s going to hit the fan comment.”

“Are you saying the Chief killed Walter?”

“He couldn’t let anyone know about the hit-and-run. He would have gone to jail.”

“How did the Chief find out that Walter knew about it?”

“Walter told him. That’s where he went when he left the house at 3:15. To see the Chief.”

“Wouldn’t he have gone to the police?”

“Not without speaking to the Chief first.”

“But Walter wasn’t killed at Lawson House,” Sonya pointed out. “He was killed in his own house.”

“The Chief couldn’t kill him at Lawson House. What would he do with the body? He must have persuaded Walter to take him back to his house. The limo’s windows are tinted, so nobody would have seen that the Chief was in the car. They go into the kitchen from the garage. The Chief kills Walter, but before he can leave, Gwen comes home, so he has to kill her too. Then he fakes the burglary so the police will think a robber did it.”

“Wait a minute,” Sonya said. “Just because Walter took the car in for repairs doesn’t mean it was in an accident. For all we know, the car could have been keyed by an angry husband.”

Matt chuckled. He looked at the photo of the black sedan. The limo company’s name was on the license plate. Snowden Limousine Service. He reached for his phone.

“Put it on speaker,” Sonya said.

“Snowden Limousine Service. Andy Evelyn speaking,” a teenage voice squeaked.

“Hey, Andy. It’s Matt.”

“I hope you’re not going to hit me up for something else for the auction. My dad chewed me out for giving you the car and driver.”

“It’s not about that.”

Matt and Sonya waited impatiently while Andy dug out the paperwork.

“What was the problem with the car?” Matt asked when Andy was back on the phone.

“I don’t know. All it says on the invoice is Repairs. $1,965.”

“Is there any way of finding out what they did?”

“The body shop would have had a work order, but I don’t know if they would have kept it all this time.”

Matt and Sonya exchanged a hopeful look. A body shop. That’s where Walter would have taken the car if it had been in an accident. “What’s the name of the place?” Matt asked.

“Bob’s Auto Body on Crawford. We don’t use them anymore.

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