The Whisper by Carla Neggers

Author:Carla Neggers [Neggers, Carla]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: Fiction, Suspense
Publisher: MIRA
Published: 2010-02-17T05:00:00+00:00

14

Boston, Massachusetts

Scoop returned to his desk at BPD headquarters in Roxbury for the first time since he’d been shredded by shrapnel. Everything was just as he’d left it. He’d turned over all his notes on the possible involvement of a member of the department with the thugs who’d kidnapped Abigail Browning. The firewall was up between him and the investigation. It had gone up the second the bomb went off.

There was nothing for him to do except avoid people he didn’t want to talk to. Josie’s report was raging in his head, but he had to pull himself together before he talked to anyone—especially Sophie. He returned to Charles Street, the temperature dropping fast, the early evening air cool, even chilly. For once Jeremiah Rush wasn’t at the reception desk in the Whitcomb lobby. Scoop rode the elevator with a couple from Houston who were in town to see as many historic sites as they could fit in. The wife wanted to be sure to visit the Louisa May Alcott house in Concord. The husband wanted to visit Bunker Hill in Charlestown.

They looked at Scoop to settle the issue. He grinned. “I’d go to a Red Sox game.”

“Do you work for the hotel?” the wife asked. “Our tub drain’s slow.”

The husband winced as if he wanted to crawl out of there, but Scoop just said, “I’ll let the front desk know.”

She blushed. “Thank you. I’m sorry. I thought—”

“Not a problem.”

They looked relieved when he got off the elevator. His room had been serviced, even his toothbrush, razor and toothpaste set in a clean glass. He didn’t know what to do with himself. He thought about having a drink at the bar. Calling O’Reilly to join him. Tracking down Abigail on her honeymoon. Before the bomb, the three of them would get together in the backyard or in one of their kitchens and talk about whatever was on their minds. Now everything was different. He, Abigail and Bob O’Reilly were stuck on the wrong side of the investigation.

He rubbed a palm over his head.

He could go up and fix the Houston couple’s drain.

Scoop grabbed a zip-up sweatshirt and returned to the lobby, bypassing Morrigan’s and heading back outside. He turned up Mt. Vernon Street, telling himself he was just getting some air, working off the last of his jet lag and the effects of his long day. The nagging questions about Cliff’s role in the bomb blast. His death. The bizarre scene at his apartment.

Sophie’s wide, blue eyes as she’d taken in the disturbing, bizarre skulls, glass beads, DVD, cast-iron pot—the bomb-making materials and the former police officer hanging in his dining room.

As he came to the top of Beacon Hill, Scoop gritted his teeth, but he already knew what he was going to do. He continued on to the Malone twins’ apartment. The gate was unlocked, which was an issue for him. He didn’t ring the bell, just descended the steps and walked through the archway back to a cute little courtyard.

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