All the Sinners Bleed by S. A. Cosby

Author:S. A. Cosby
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Flatiron Books

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By the time Titus got back to the station, Cole Marshall’s girlfriend, Jessica Twitchell, had called three times. Each call more frantic than the last. She hadn’t heard from him since he’d left at around eight thirty last night. She’d heard they’d found a body on Ten Devil’s Hop Road. Cole wasn’t answering his phone. Was Cole dead? Wouldn’t someone tell her if the man she loved was dead? Titus knew she wouldn’t stop calling until a man or woman with a badge eventually broke her heart for her.

“What do I tell her if she calls again?” Cam asked.

“The truth. We haven’t identified the body yet and we can’t comment any further.”

“But it’s Cole, ain’t it?” Cam asked.

“Just tell her what I said, Cam,” Titus said. He went into his office and shut the door. He fell into his chair, took off his hat and his aviators, lay back, and stared at the ceiling. The nooks and crannies of the acoustic tiles resembled the Nazca Lines in Peru. Cole Marshall was the anonymous caller. He was positive of that fact. And now Cole Marshall was dead, filleted like a trout.

Filleted.

They used fillet knives at the seafood plant. Titus made a mental note to ask the ME if they could tell him specifically what kind of knife was used to kill Cole Marshall.

Titus sat up straight.

He called Carla on her cell phone.

“Yes, sir?”

“Carla, do me a favor. Grab Steve and go by the fish house and ask around about Latrell and Cole. Find out if they were friendly or did they have any friends in common.”

“You think the connection is the fish house?”

“Well, Latrell worked there and he was involved with two killers. Cole Marshall worked there, and now he’s dead. If it ain’t a connection, I’d be mighty surprised,” Titus said.

“Okay, boss, got it.”

She hung up. As soon as Titus set his cell phone down on his desk, his landline rang.

“ME’s office, line one,” Cam said.

Titus clicked over. “Sheriff Crown.”

“Sheriff, its Dr. Kim.”

“Doctor, you must be prescient. I’m sending a body to you as we speak.”

“Another victim from the Spearman case?” Dr. Kim said.

“In a manner of speaking, I think so,” Titus said.

“Well, that’s not why I’m calling. I could have sent you an email about this, but I got the feeling you’d want to be notified personally. We identified one of the victims.”

Titus gripped the handset so tight he heard the plastic creak. “Were they in the system?”

“Yes, he was. He and his mother were convicted of shoplifting in 2015. His name was Tavaris Michaels. Was reported missing last year. He was seventeen,” Dr. Kim said. She said each word slowly and distinctly, as if fearing that just speaking them aloud could curse her own children to a similar fate.

“Do you have any contact info for the mother or father?”

“The mother is Yasmin Michaels. Last address is Baltimore, Maryland. I have a phone number too, but I don’t know if it’s still good,” Dr. Kim said.

“Give it to me,” Titus said.

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