The Other Side of Goodbye (Norman Green Book 1) by Ben Follows

Author:Ben Follows [Follows, Ben]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2018-01-26T23:00:00+00:00

Chapter 27

The kitchen had been converted into a makeshift investigation room. A white wall that divided the kitchen from the living room had been emptied and the antique maps that had been hanging there moved into the extra bedroom. Norman tested that the marker he was using could be wiped off the wall before doing anything more than a dot in the corner.

“Okay,” he said, standing back and looking at Amelia, who was sitting on one of the stools beside the counter and sipping a latte. “Let’s do this.”

Amelia smiled. “I’ve always wanted a reason to make one of those boards with strings connecting all the suspects.”

Norman smiled. “Today your dream is going to come true. We don’t have string, though, unless we go to the store.”

Amelia reached into her pocket and threw a ball of string at him. “I came prepared. I have tacks too, if you need them.”

Norman grabbed the string. “You realize that you’re going to need to show me what’s in those files.”

“Do I?”

“We won’t be able to solve any of this unless we have all the facts.”

Amelia thought for a moment then nodded. “If you say so.”

Norman handed her his notepad from his shirt pocket. “Can you get to work on putting all the information I have so far up on the wall? I’ll read through the things you got from Robin’s desk.”

Amelia nodded and took the notepad. “Can you grab the crime report from Joel’s murder as well?”

Norman frowned. “How do you know I have that?”

Amelia smirked. “You were talking about your connection to the police force. I assumed that the first thing you would have done was get the police report from Joel’s murder. Am I wrong?”

“No.” Norman walked out of the room and came back with a small office box filled with the information he had gotten about Joel’s murder. “Here,” he said.

While Amelia got to work getting everything they had so far onto the wall, Norman read through the autopsy report. Joel had overdosed on a prescription medicine he had been given by a licensed doctor. He had taken almost a month’s worth of pills at once. They were still inside his stomach during the autopsy. Beyond that, there was nothing out of the ordinary in the files that Norman could see.

He made notes on everything in the file on cue cards and put them on the wall. They continued setting up the wall until night fell.

“Where are Robin’s notes?” said Norman while Amelia was staring at the wall, as though she was staring at the million pieces of a puzzle and trying to see how they fight together.

“By the front door,” said Amelia absentmindedly, “by my shoes.”

“Thanks,” said Norman.

Amelia nodded. She was staring at the wall, as though she could see her entire life laid out before her.

Norman left her and walked to the front door. As he picked up the notebook from inside Amelia’s jacket, he heard a single sob from the kitchen. He turned back, wondering if he’d imagined it.

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