Topping the Alpha: Trident Security Series by Samantha A. Cole

Author:Samantha A. Cole
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Published: 2015-11-20T06:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 17

While he was seething on the inside, Oliver Wagner’s outward demeanor had the appropriate amount of shock, disbelief, and overall grief. The two detectives from Colorado and one from Tampa had just informed him that his missing wife, who had been presumed dead, had in fact been alive up until two days ago. According to them, she’d been murdered, wrapped in a rug, and tossed into a river where she was discovered by two fucking fishermen. Damn it to hell. If Craig Allen didn’t kill those two fucking idiots Oliver hired, he would do it himself. They were supposed to make sure the body could never be found or identified. And not only had the jackasses not followed orders, but the police had been able to ID Carrie by her fingerprints within hours after she was discovered floating down the river.

“I know this is shocking news, Mr. Wagner, but we need to ask you some questions about your wife and daughter.” The taller guy from Colorado, Detective Paul Shu, seemed to be running the show as he sat in one of the guest chairs in front of the desk, one leg crossed over the other, with a flip-pad and pen in hand. The others eyed every inch of Oliver’s home office from their standing posts on opposite sides of the room. He recognized the Tampa cop from last year—the guy had been in on the initial search for his bitch of a wife and cunt daughter.

“Certainly, Detective. Clearly, I want this mystery solved as much as you do. I just don’t know how much help I can be. I haven’t seen either of them in a year.” Good. Keep the astonishment and confusion in your voice, but be cooperative. Get ready to tear up if needed.

“I’ve read the missing person report you filed on Carrie and Alyssa, as well as the file on Tampa P.D.’s investigation, but I’d like to start at the beginning and hear it again from you. Sometimes a person remembers things the longer they’ve been removed from the situation. Tell me what you can recall from the day your daughter disappeared. I understand she went missing eighteen days before your wife did.”

Oliver cleared his throat. “Yes. Yes, she did. Alyssa had always been a wild child. Adventurous, pushing the limits, trying new things without thinking of the consequences.”

“Such as?”

Feign embarrassment. “Well, I hate to admit it, Detective, but my daughter was in with a bad crowd. My wife and I found her to be in possession of marijuana when she was fourteen, cigarettes when she was thirteen. There were several times she came home reeking of alcohol. She was hanging out with older boys and, well, I don’t have any proof, but I’m sure she was…you know…” He cleared his throat again. “Anyway, I had Carrie take her to the doctor for birth control. If she was going to be reckless, I didn’t want my wife and I to end up raising an illegitimate grandchild, because Alyssa wouldn’t have been responsible enough to raise a child properly.

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