The Sound of Your Voice by Adina Senft

Author:Adina Senft [Senft, Adina]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781939087072
Publisher: Moonshell Books, Inc.

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The sergeant’s phone rolled over to his cell and rang twice before he picked it up. “OCTF, Harmon.”

“It’s Harper.”

“You still out there, running up motel bills?”

“Yes, but I’ve got a good reason. I’ve tied Brandon Boanerges to Luke Fisher and a character called Richard Brandon Myers, formerly of Hollyweird, California.”

“Tied them together as in they’re all the same guy?”

“Yes, sir. And I’m seeing a pattern of increasingly serious fraud. First petty crime, then an Internet ministry that led to this lonely hearts thing in our files, and now ...” Ray’s voice trailed off as he tried to think of what Luke Fisher might be up to now.

“Now?” Harmon prompted.

“He’s spinning records at a gospel radio station and I haven’t figured out what he’s up to.” Ray’s voice was a little flat. Harmon wasn’t going to go for this.

“Christian radio. Harper, did it ever occur to you that maybe the guy saw the light and decided to go straight?”

Ray pinched the bridge of his nose while the plain beige carpet on his motel room’s floor blurred as he closed his eyes. “Yeah, it occurred to me. I just don’t think it’s likely.”

“And why is that?”

Harmon wasn’t going to buy it. He wasn’t going to let him stay here on the state’s dime until he figured out what Fisher was up to.

“Because it’s my opinion that this guy Myers, Boanerges, Fisher, whatever you want to call him, has the behaviors of a sociopath. He doesn’t feel emotion, so he can perpetrate these scams on people and just walk away. Sir, a sociopath doesn’t get a revelation about God and turn over a new leaf, because to him God is just an abstract, like anger or love, which he can’t feel. He can’t have a relationship with God because he can’t feel it. And therefore God won’t change his behavior.”

“Since when are you a psychologist?” Harmon wanted to know.

“I listen to textbooks on tape, sir. I have the depositions from these women who say that Boanerges was just going through the motions of courtship behavior, that they never really felt he loved them. That makes a certain personality type try harder to get his attention, which is why he was so successful.”

“So how does this relate to him now? This guy playing Christian music at this station?”

“If his behavior is escalating, I’m thinking he’s got something bigger than lonely hearts up his sleeve. I just don’t know what it is, yet. Everything he’s doing seems to be legit, and he’s got the community squarely behind him.”

“So other than sitting around drinking coffee and waiting for him to rob a bank, what’s your plan?”

“He’s gotten himself involved in this church Ross Malcolm and I have both investigated. You know, the Elect of God.”

“Malcolm did the case where the elder’s wife had Munchausen’s by Proxy, yeah, and you arrested their head guy, who’s a rapist. Nice bunch of people you hang out with.”

“They are a nice bunch of people. Mostly. So nice that I don’t think a guy like Fisher can resist setting them up for something.

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