Three-Day Weekends are Murder by Rayna Morgan

Author:Rayna Morgan [Morgan, Rayna]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Rayna Morgan
Published: 2017-05-22T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter Seventeen

By the time Tom gave his statement and Pat snuck him in to watch the interrogation, Gus and Cranston had reached a stand-off. The cop was trying to hang a murder charge on the little guy with no evidence. With Lea as a witness, Gus could hardly deny breaking and entering Room 618 but with no link between him and Kim, he couldn’t be charged with her murder.

“Get Cranston to read my statement,” Tom suggested to Pat. “It provides the link he needs.”

“Won’t he figure out you’re working with Lea?”

“Don’t worry. My statement is carefully worded. He may read between the lines, but he won’t be able to prove I intended to intervene in the case.”

“The Chief can read between the lines, too, you know,” Pat warned.

“Yeah, but he won’t care. In fact, he’ll be glad. He dislikes Cranston as much as I do. The sooner the Chief can send him back north, the happier he’ll be.”

Tom watched as Pat entered the room and leaned over the policeman. The rebuke she received made Tom sorry he’d sent her.

Cranston shook his fist at Gus before stomping out of the room. Tom laughed when he saw the gesture Gus made behind the policeman’s back.

Muffled shouts came from the hallway. Tom made no attempt to open the door or disclose his presence.

When Cranston returned to the interrogation room, his face had turned a deep shade of purple. The veins in his neck bulged. Being in the same room was not an enviable position. From the succession of facial tics, Gus understood his situation only too clearly.

Pat came in carrying a mug and a paper cup. She handed the cup to Tom.

“He didn’t look happy about receiving that information,” Tom noted.

“He was plenty happy when he read it, until he saw the source,” Pat replied. She blew on her coffee and looked at him over the rim of her mug. “Hope you two never work another case together.”

“Don’t worry about me.”

“It’s the rest of us I’m worried about. We’re the ones he takes it out on.”

Tom cracked a smile before turning to observe the interrogation. “When he read my statement, did he get that I handed him the motive because Gus was Kim’s partner?”

“Oh, yeah. He’s going to shred the guy.”

Tom and Pat watched as Cranston spent the next few moments yelling, waving his arms, and pounding the table. Finally, the prisoner’s head nodded up and down instead of sideways. Tom knew it was going to work. Gus was ready to talk.

Tom raised his finger to alert Pat as the door behind her opened.

“What are you doing here, Lieutenant?” a voice asked sharply.

Pat spun around, almost tripping to get out of the Chief’s way.

Tom didn’t respond.

“Oh, forget it. I’m better off not knowing,” the commander decided. He retreated, closing the door behind him.

Tom rubbed his hand through his hair and Pat grinned. They resumed watching the interview.

The policeman straddled a chair.

Gus leaned over the table and twirled his thumbs as he began his version of events.

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