The Maude Rogers Murder Collection, Books 1-4 (The Maude Rogers Crime Novels) by Linda L. Dunlap & Linda L. Dunlap

Author:Linda L. Dunlap & Linda L. Dunlap [Dunlap, Linda L.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Dunlap/Davis Publishing
Published: 2017-11-01T23:00:00+00:00

Chapter 14

The mood at the Sheriff’s Office the next morning was light, for some believed that Wojo was one of the assassins, and the others would be captured soon afterward. Joe was hesitant as was Maude, but Jack had called the office and talked to his staff, informing them that the maintenance man had been arrested. Maude was unconvinced, but she kept quiet, waiting for lab results to prove or disprove some of the theories.

There were reports that needed writing and paperwork by the boxful to be completed with both agencies requiring information from Maude and Joe. An expense account had to be reconciled or the detectives wouldn’t be paid for their time away from home. A couple of small rooms were vacant in the building, and Maude set up her laptop in one and began writing. Joe had his iPad and used the other room. The deputies had locked Wojo in one of the holding cells and gave him a sack lunch of two baloney sandwiches, a package of mustard, and an apple. He was busy eating, but complained about the food.

The call came in about 10:00A.M. Shots were fired from inside 900 Chicon Street, and people in and around the front yard had responded with answering fire. A holiday for shooters it seemed. Going to that neighborhood two days in a row was not something Maude wanted to do, but there was no choice. The officers had to try to put an end to the violence. There were three county cars that sped off to the location, all officers armed with shotguns and personal weapons. When they arrived, the people in the yard disbursed to their homes or lairs, to whichever destination held the most safety from arrest.

All law enforcement officers used the cars for cover with Maude directing them to the side windows of the house and the front door. She and Joe took the back door and made their way under cover of the building and several red leaf photinia bushes that bordered the yard. The shrubs were in their thin winter garb but gave some protection covering the officers’ furtive movements as they advanced to the back door. Maude remembered a deputy remarking that the Spillars had locked themselves in except for pizza deliveries at the back door.

The back yard was more of the same--trash had blown across the yard, and on the back patio, several trash bags stood against the siding, the plastic torn in several places where dogs, cats, or raccoons had searched for food. The smell of garbage was one familiar to man and beast. Maude avoided the bags and made her way to the wall alongside the back door, noting the burglar bars were still in place, but the door was open. Joe looked across the door at Maude and they both nodded, observing the evidence that someone had been that way recently.

Maude knew that rushing a door where gunshots have been heard is not always a safe play; however, there are those times where necessity demands quick action.

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