The Case of the Virtuous Vampire by Monette Michaels

Author:Monette Michaels
Language: eng
Format: azw3
Tags: Private Investigators, Vampires, Mystery & Detective, Contemporary, General, Romance, Women Sleuths, Fiction, Occult & Supernatural
ISBN: 9781553165545
Publisher: LTDBooks
Published: 2004-12-14T13:00:00+00:00

This was news. Luc had always thought Biff just wanted a woman for the bedsheet tango and another new notch on his headboard.

“More like you just wanted to fuck her,” Luc tested his theory aloud.

Biff took an angry swig of the beer, then glared at Luc. “I loved her, man! ... Ever since high school. But all she could see was that shithead Bubba. When she left him, I thought I had a chance, but she wouldn't give me the time of day."

Okay, so Biff loved her, but that still didn't mean he couldn't have killed her. There were a lot of men in prison who'd killed in the name of love.

“Why was that, do you think?” he said, then thought, Other than that you're a big lout just like Bubba and maybe Jo Beth had gotten tired of the sexist pig approach to male-female relationships.

“She was going to college. Wanted to make something of herself, she said. I was just a ‘ piece of her past that would hold her back,'” spat Biff. “Hell, man, I could respect that she was too good for me. But then she went and dated Jurnik. The man's old, for Chrissakes, but at least he was a gentleman. I knew Jurnik would tire of her, so I waited. Then she went to that Alek cretin, and I saw red. The man's a fucking freak."

“So is that why you killed her?"

Biff slammed the bottle on the counter and said, “I ... did ... not ... kill her! Why would I? I loved her, man. I fucking loved her."

Biff started to cry. Luc was almost convinced that Biff was telling the truth. Or, better yet, the cynical part of him suggested, Biff had convinced himself that was the truth. “So why didn't you call the cops when you found her body?” Luc asked. “Why did you mess with the crime scene?"

Biff stiffened as if he were a small rodent and Luc was a cat lying in wait for him. Any movement might draw Luc in for the kill.

“How did you know that?"

“You slipped up yesterday, Biff. You described things at the crime scene that weren't even there. Things that I found."

“No!” Biff cast a scared look at Luc as he shoved past the bar and ran for his bedroom.

Luc followed at a slower pace to give the man the time to open his secret hidey-hole.

“They're gone!” Biff wailed. “All that I have left of her is gone.” He turned and looked at Luc from his kneeling position in the closet. “What did you do with them?"

“They're safe."

“You gonna take them to the cops?” A resigned look swept over Biff's damaged face. “I didn't kill her, you know. I just wanted something that'd touched her."

Luc's distaste must have shown on his face, because Biff added, “Yeah, I know it sounds sick, but I had nothing of hers. Then I found her like ... like that. She was so bloody...” Biff stopped to swallow and the tears welling in his eyes started to slide down his face once more.

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