Wild Cards (Charmed in Vegas Book 5) by Katalina Leon & Michelle Fox

Author:Katalina Leon & Michelle Fox [Leon, Katalina]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2016-05-29T18:30:00+00:00

Chapter 6

The police rushed in to secure the ballroom. Armed officers guarded every exit. Yards of yellow tape surrounded the buffet tables, and everyone who could still move under their own power was asked to line up for questioning.

Adara approached Kai with anxiety brewing. “Please tell me you didn’t eat anything from the buffet.”

Kai smoothed his wavy hair away from his face. “Thank God I got sidetracked and didn’t. This is madness.”

“No, this is industrial-strength sorcery.”

Burt swayed on his heels, singing. “If I were king of the forest…”

Kai hooked an arm around Burt’s shoulders. “We don’t have time to investigate the sushi man. Forensics can deal with him. Help me take this poor bastard to HQ.”

She wrapped her arms around Burt to support him. “I’ve pegged a suspect in Charles Coldburn’s death.”

His brows shot to his hairline. “Who?”

Disgust at the situation overwhelmed her. “Remember that poor shaken woman from housekeeping?”

“Yeah.”

“What a liar. First day on the job, my ass. She’s the same creep who handed us a business card on the way inside.”

He looked surprised. “Really? The crab woman? La La, something? No shit, you think she’s a heart-taker?”

“She was the first person at the scene of Charles Coldburn’s murder. In my book, that makes her highly suspect. Not to mention she willfully misrepresented herself to the police.”

Kai seemed to struggle to maintain a grip on Burt, who refused to cooperate. “Alert homicide. She should be arrested for re-questioning.”

If Burt kicked her ankles one more time, she was going to scream. “I told Sam but she’d already fled the ballroom.”

“It should be easy to spot someone with pincer hands running sideways along the Strip. How far can she get? Damn.” Kai winced. “Burt weighs a ton. Come on, dude, try to walk on your own.”

They staggered forward, holding Burt as he clawed the air and growled.

As they approached the exit, a police officer stepped in front of them. “This is an active crime scene. Everyone needs to remain inside the hall until we get statements.”

“Let us pass,” Kai demanded. “We’re hotel security.”

The officer crossed his arms. “Show me your ID?”

She interrupted. “We don’t have it. Call HQ, ask for Roy.”

Sam walked past. “It’s okay, Rick. Let ’em pass. They’re telling the truth.”

They hobbled out the door, dragging Burt between them.

She blew away a strand of hair that clung to her lip gloss. “I’m glad to get out of there. I have a bad feeling it’s only going to get worse. I’m pretty sure mass vomiting is on the schedule.”

Kai glanced at her with an indefinable glimmer in his eyes. “I didn’t like watching that guy leering at you.”

Her heels caught on the carpet as they rushed down the crowded corridor. “You were watching?”

“Yep, from a safe distance. I had Roy run a background search. He remembered his face. Marvin Appledore’s been in Vegas before and gotten into trouble. He’s got a record. A sleazy one. He strikes me as the sort of jerk who’d get over-competitive and start killing people.”

“I don’t know.

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