The Redeemers by Ace Atkins

Author:Ace Atkins [Atkins, Ace]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: Literature & Fiction, Action & Adventure, Mystery; Thriller & Suspense, Crime, Mystery, Thriller & Suspense, United States, Thrillers & Suspense, Suspense, Thriller, Crime Fiction, Thrillers
Amazon: B00OQS4CC4
Publisher: G.P. Putnam's Sons
Published: 2015-07-21T05:00:00+00:00

19.

We appreciate you coming in, Mickey,” Lillie Virgil said. “Come on in and take a seat.”

“Can you tell me what the hell’s going on?” Mickey said. “I hadn’t been home an hour when two deputies come pounding on my door and telling me to put my pants on.”

“Glad you have on pants,” Lillie said, Mickey Walls moving on past her inside the sheriff’s main office. “Makes things a little more professional.”

“I told them I’d cooperate with whatever they need, but neither of them told me nothing the whole ride into town,” he said. “You know I just got back from Gulf Shores? I went down there to party a bit with Tonya Cobb. You know Tonya.”

“Of course I know Tonya,” Lillie said, pulling a chair up to the desk that had been Quinn’s. “She used to teach Sunday school at the First Baptist before she got into all that trouble with the youth pastor.”

Mickey didn’t answer, taking a seat as Rusty Wise walked into the room, holding a bottle of Coca-Cola. The room was empty except for the desk, a couple chairs. Nothing at all on the white walls but hooks.

“How was your trip?” Rusty said.

Lillie shot him a look, as both of them had agreed that she’d be the one who’d take over the questioning. It had been a long time since he’d been a cop and he had no experience as a detective. But he should at least know to let the suspect tell the story, not lead him or validate him in any way. Any son of a bitch who watched Law & Order could tell you that. Rusty gave a shy smile and moved back behind the desk but didn’t sit down, just leaned over the back of a ladder-back chair, eyes watching Lillie.

“Larry Cobb’s place got busted into last night.”

“Sorry to hear it.”

“Thought you might have heard something,” she said. “You being close to the family and all. Maybe something that might help.”

“Wish I could,” Mickey said. “Larry and Debbi have been good to me. I was just down on the Gulf with Tonya. You know. Trying to work things out.”

“Yeah, you told us that,” Lillie said. “Several times.”

Mickey just nodded, mouth hanging a little open, looking like a man who might have just hightailed it back from Gulf Shores overnight. He had on a wrinkled Hawaiian shirt under an old Carhartt jacket and gray sweatpants with boots. His breath smelled of liquor and he needed a shave. Cleotha was in her office right now making calls to the owners of the condo where he said he’d stayed.

“You drove all the way back at midnight?” Lillie said.

“Yeah,” he said. “I got shit to do. Had a good time, but a few things needed my attention back home.”

“Like what?” Rusty Wise said, leaning onto the back of the chair. “Long way to go in the middle of the night.”

Mickey looked small and huddled-up in the chair in front of Quinn’s old desk. His eyes shifted to where Lillie stood by the closed door and then back to Rusty.

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