Absent Reason by Blake Pierce

Author:Blake Pierce [Pierce, Blake]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2023-08-30T18:30:00+00:00

CHAPTER FIFTEEN

“They’re deliberately making us wait.”

Amber paced outside the interrogation room. She watched in frustration while Professor Samuels sat in the interrogation room with his lawyer, both of them talking together. Amber wanted nothing more than to get in there. She wanted to know why the professor had done this. She wanted a confession.

“We have to be patient,” Simon said. “He isn’t going anywhere.”

The lawyer’s suit was dark blue with pinstripes, and he wore a matching blue tie. His skin was dark, and his hair was black and neatly combed. He looked much calmer than the professor did as if he were completely in control of the situation. Professor Samuels looked as if he would have done anything to get out of the interrogation room.

It was time for Amber and Simon to head in. They stepped inside together, taking up position on one side of a central metal table while Professor Samuels and his lawyer sat on the other.

The lawyer's voice was low and smooth, the kind of voice that a car salesmen might use to calm a nervous buyer.

"My client tells me that you interrupted his lecture, chased him across the university, and instructed students to assault him. He will be making a complaint to the FBI about all of this unless he is released immediately."

He was obviously trying to put Amber and Simon on the back foot, trying to get them caught up in dealing with threats of complaints and legal issues rather than conducting the interrogation. At the very least, it was an attempt to take the initiative away from them and distract them. Amber knew that she and Simon couldn't allow that.

"Professor Samuels," she said, focusing on the professor rather than the lawyer. "Is it true that you were having a relationship with Mia Wilson?"

The professor's facade cracked, and for a moment, Amber saw fear in his eyes at the question. But then he composed himself. Amber saw him pulling a mask of control back into place.

"I have no idea what you're talking about," he said coolly. His lawyer nodded in agreement, or perhaps in approval that his client wasn’t going to give up too much.

"Really?" Simon spoke up now. "So when an FBI tech team starts to go through every one of your devices, they won't find any evidence of contact between you and her?"

The lawyer cut in then, obviously knowing that it was a dangerous line of questioning. "Evidence of a professor contacting his students proves nothing other than that he was doing his job."

"We have at least one other student who is prepared to say that you were in a relationship with Mia," Amber said. “I imagine that number will go up when we start looking for more.”

The professor and his lawyer exchanged a glance, and the lawyer leaned in closer to whisper something to his client. Professor Samuels shook his head, his eyes darting between Amber and Simon.

The professor's lawyer raised an eyebrow. "And who is this student? Do you have any

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