The Curious Dispatch of Daniel Costello by Chris McDonald

Author:Chris McDonald [McDonald, Chris]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781913331887
Publisher: Red Dog Press

12

ANOTHER SNOOP

‘Well, one thing is for certain,’ Adam said, while unlocking the bedroom. ‘If Danny was sober enough to, you know…’

He made a crude hand gesture which caused Colin shake his head.

‘…for a bit of how’s your mother,’ he continued, noting his friend’s displeasure. ‘It meant he definitely couldn’t have been drunk enough to choke on his vomit.’

It was an interesting idea, Colin thought as he followed Adam into the room. He threw himself onto the bed; the traipsing around the long corridors mingling with the stupefying heat caused a sudden wave of exhaustion.

‘Do we have time for a rest?’ Colin asked, stifling a yawn.

Adam checked the time and shook his head.

‘I’ve got a theory. I think someone did this to stop the wedding.’

Colin was unconvinced, but waved his hand at Adam for elaboration.

‘If whoever killed Danny did it for that reason, it didn’t work. The wedding is happening tomorrow, which means whoever did the killing may do more. We’re working under a time constraint here.’

He sat down on the bed too and threw his eyes towards the ceiling.

‘What I’ve realised is just how amateur we’ve been so far,’ he said. ‘We looked a bit at Danny’s face, which didn’t help us work out how he’d been killed. I think what we need to do is search his room. We know he had an envelope, but we don’t know what was in it. Perhaps, whoever killed him was after whatever was inside.’

He thought for a few more minutes.

‘We’re going to split up. You go and search the room while I do a bit of work elsewhere.’

‘Why do I have to search the room?’ Colin asked, the colour rising in his cheeks. The thought of spending another second in the room with Danny’s corpse caused a shiver to run through his spine.

‘Well, you’re used to bodies, in your line of work and…’

‘You’re a wimp,’ interrupted Colin.

Adam was in no position to argue. Colin accepted his mission with a small nod of the head.

‘What am I looking for?’ he asked, rising from the bed.

‘The envelope and anything that seems out of the ordinary,’ Adam said, unhelpfully. ‘Check anywhere you think something might be hidden. Desk drawers or in the suitcase, that kind of thing.’

Colin left the room with a sense of unease. How were they supposed to solve a crime, if they didn’t even know what they were looking for?

He trudged down the corridor, hoping that some sort of Spidey-sense would awaken within him, though he didn’t hold out much hope. He made his way down the grand staircase and passed a few people sitting in groups around tables in the foyer, catching snippets of conversation, all about the stricken best man.

He made his way down the corridor towards Danny’s room, turning back every few steps to make sure no one was following him. The last thing he needed was company, or even worse, someone mistaking his meddling as guilt. Visiting the room once was a risk, let alone venturing in again with no suitable explanation as to why if he were to be questioned.

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