Wild Spring: A Coastal Caribbean Adventure (Tyson Wild Thriller Book 25) by Tripp Ellis

Author:Tripp Ellis [Ellis, Tripp]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Tripp Ellis
Published: 2021-02-28T16:00:00+00:00

26

We pulled Audrey into a nearby conference room. She fidgeted, and her eyes darted between the two of us. "You caught the guy who did it, right? You got Jeremy in custody. Don't tell me you can't prove it?"

"We can prove it," I said ominously. "We know about the succinylcholine."

Her eyes blinked furiously. Her face twitched. “What!?”

“Vivian confided in you that she was pregnant. But she didn't tell you who the father was. That didn’t matter because you already knew.”

She balked. "What!? That’s crazy."

"Yeah, it is."

"You seriously think that I killed Vivian?"

"We know you did," I said. I couldn't quite prove it yet, but I made her think I could. “It’s time to come clean.”

Audrey stared at us blankly for a moment, then her eyes filled, and she burst into sobs. "She was destroying my marriage. She was going to take everything away from me."

We let her cry for a moment.

JD slapped the cuffs around her wrists, and we escorted her out of the conference room. The nurses gawked as we took her away.

I called for a patrol car, and we stuffed her in the back seat. She was taken to the station, processed, and printed. With her confession, we got a warrant to search her vehicle and found a syringe and an empty vial of succinylcholine in the glove box.

It was an open and shut case, but the DA offered her a plea bargain. She was looking at 1st Degree Murder—a capital felony—life in prison without the possibility of parole or the death penalty. She took the deal and pleaded to 2nd Degree Murder and a sentence of 20 years. She’d get out in her mid 40s. Maybe sooner with good behavior.

Somehow it didn't seem like quite enough.

JD and I were feeling rather proud of ourselves and decided it was a cause for celebration. We’d taken down a murderer without a shot fired. All in all, not a bad day.

We filled out after-action reports in the conference room. Daniels poked his head in. “Mario Rivera, that punk that robbed the liquor store, is out. Prosecutors dropped the case.”

“We knew that was coming,” I said.

“Are you making any headway?” Daniels asked.

“A few persons of interest, that’s it,” I said.

“Stick with it.”

“I need to search their mother’s home. But I’m sure any trace evidence has been destroyed by now. Luis was wearing the same brand of shoes. How much more probable cause do we need?” I said, my voice growling with frustration.

“Those gangbangers won’t stay clean for long,” Daniels assured. “When they screw up, I want you two there to catch them.”

“I’ve got an idea,” JD said with a mischievous grin.

“Is it legal?” Daniels asked.

JD shrugged. “Sort of, I think.”

I was anxious to hear the scheme Jack was cooking up.

“I don’t want to know,” Daniels said before leaving the room.

“What’s the plan?” I asked when the door was closed.

JD smiled. “I’ll tell you later. It’s going to require a zero-dark-thirty mission.”

As we were leaving the station, Tom Janik burst in with a proud smile on his face.

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