An Apprentice Without Magic by Guy Antibes

Author:Guy Antibes [Antibes, Guy]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Casiepress LLC
Published: 2018-10-16T22:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twenty-Two

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T he woman was identified as the ice merchant’s wife. She had disappeared four days previous.

“The man is not talking,” Dickey said. “Someone would have to be in on the murder to take the body to some alley and dump it just like the guards. That could be anyone.”

“Not I,” Sam said.

Dickey shook his head. “Funny,” he said, but his face didn’t show it. “There are a lot of people you can hire to do unsavory things. Dumping a body isn’t legal, but if a person hasn’t done the murder and can’t be traced, plenty will do it for you.”

“One of the gangs?”

Dickey nodded. “They are included as sources.”

“So we aren’t any further in solving the murders than we were before.”

“I didn’t say that. We know how it was done. There is too much of a coincidence. There were two of those storage things. Both were in use at the same time, I imagine.”

Sam shivered at the thought of working above the cold storage. “So, you’ve found out something?”

Dickey nodded. “You can preserve a body, but you can’t make the body appear after it is dead. I would guess both of the guards went missing at the same time.”

“Killed simultaneously?”

“Drugged or drunk, I would guess, but they didn’t need to be. I have one more person to interview, and we should have the full story.”

“Banna Plunk?”

“Not her,” Dickey said. “The pink pollen found on the second guard is not deer pollen. Antina Mulch confirmed your suspicion. You haven’t been back to her for your lessons. She has been disappointed.”

“I’m sorry.”

“Don’t be apologizing to me. I thought you wanted to continue to learn court language?”

“I only missed one session,” Sam said.

Dickey shook his head.

That was enough to make Sam vow not to miss again. He took a deep breath.

“A sigh?” Dickey said.

“No, I am inhaling perspective and determination,” Sam said.

Dickey’s lips turned up on one side. Evidently, Sam had amused his partner, finally.

“So, now that we are through with that, I will tell you what I have been doing. I talked to most of the guards.”

“Remember the first murder? The man’s name was Perl Basket, a sergeant who was under the command of Lieutenant Happy.” Dickey smirked. “Happy.”

“And the other man?”

“A recently demoted sergeant of Happy’s. Both men were enemies of the Lieutenant, and they aren’t the only ones,” Dickey said.

“So Happy might be the killer?”

Dickey nodded his head. “Captain Fork had told the West guards not to tell us anything, but ordering a person to do something and getting them to carry out the orders are two different things. The West guards had it in for the lieutenant, so a few drinks purchased at local establishments brought out the true picture.”

“So Happy killed the guards?”

Dickey shook his head. “No, but Happy had his close underling, the sergeant that took the demoted guard’s place, was the one. The three of them entered a drinking establishment the day of the disappearances. The sergeant emerged to enjoy another day of life, and the other two didn’t.

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