Walker Defense by Bernadette Marie

Author:Bernadette Marie
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781631122378
Publisher: 5 Prince Publishing

Chapter 18

Ella paced the room they'd put her in. An armed guard stood at the door. The air was stagnant. The muted sounds from beyond the walls were deafening.

Phillip was on his way, and she hadn't seen Gerald since they'd put him in the back of a police car in handcuffs and driven away.

Standing at the dirty window overlooking the less attractive side of Atlanta, Ella heard the door behind her open. When she turned, she saw Phillip walking in and moving right to her.

He pulled her in and then stepped back to assess her. "You're not hurt are you? You're okay?"

"I'm fine. This is all some mistake. Gerald didn't do this. Gerald doesn't have it in him to do this."

Phillip shook his head. "I thought so too. They have DNA."

"What kind of DNA? This is ridiculous," she said as she broke from Phillips hold. "I'll defend him until the end, Phillip. He didn't do this."

"Another woman is missing."

She felt the vile rush of nerves move through her from her stomach to her throat, but she pushed it down. "He didn't do it."

"Five-foot-three, brunette, tattoo on her wrist."

Ella swallowed hard. "Age?"

"Twenty-eight."

"And Celeste Cordova?"

"Five-three, brunette, tattoo, age twenty-six."

"This guy has kind."

He scanned another look over her. "You're five-what?"

"Five-four. Naturally blonde."

"How old?"

"Thirty-one."

Phillip ran his hand over the back of his neck. "Gerald never dated anyone else after you," he said, but the words hit her hard.

"Ever?"

"Not that I can recall. Maybe a date here or there, but he never got into another relationship. C'mon, the man just left his parents' house."

"Yeah, and you had it searched without him there. We could fold this all back on your department you know." The words had come out forceful and mean. And when Phillip turned, she knew she'd gotten her point across.

"I didn't send anyone out there. I'll admit, when I got the call on Abby McCarrey, I walked through his trailer. Who was out there?"

"I figured you'd know. He said someone was out there after that when he'd was detained in town."

Phillip pulled out a chair from around the long table in the center of the room and sat down. "Gerald's DNA was found on the victim."

"He's been with me almost the entire time this week. And I'm sure his brothers will vouch that when he wasn't with me, he was on the ranch."

Phillip nodded. "I have statements from Eric and Russell already."

The door opened, and Phillip was called out of the room. For another hour, Ella sat alone, a can of Coke rested on the table next to a snack pack of crackers that one of the officers had brought in for her.

When Phillip returned his face was long, and his eyes darkened by worry.

He sat down next to Ella and took her hand. "They found the other missing woman. Jennifer Blane."

The name was familiar to her, and she knew it was for Phillip too. "She worked at the coffee shop down the street from the Bridal Mecca."

He nodded. "It's getting a little too close to home.

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