Before He Envies by Blake Pierce

Author:Blake Pierce [Pierce, Blake]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Blake Pierce
Published: 2019-05-23T16:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER FIFTEEN

It was eight twenty when they arrived at Vernon Wilcox’s apartment. Ironically, it was just a block away from the apartment complex they had visited to speak with Malcolm Morgan. Like Morgan’s apartment, there was a decent view of the mountains and ridges from Wilcox’s apartment complex.

Again, Mackenzie allowed Timbrook to take the lead. They walked to his second-floor apartment, down a well-lit hallway in a nice and expensive-looking building. Timbrook knocked on the door and as they waited for an answer, Mackenzie could see her younger self in Timbrook—which was odd, as Timbrook was at least three years older than she was. But she saw a determined woman, made even more determined by the obstacles in the workplace and, perhaps, even a desire to move on to greener pastures.

The door was opened promptly by a man who looked like he had just stepped off the cover of Men’s Health. His white T-shirt clung to his chest and he seemed to know this. He stood absolutely bolt upright, puffing his chest out when he saw the two women standing in his doorway. That posture relaxed a bit when he saw that one of those women was wearing a police uniform.

“Vernon Wilcox?” Timbrook asked.

“That’s me. What can I do for you?”

“I’m Sergeant Timbrook, and this is Agent Mackenzie White. We’re looking into the recent deaths of two climbers. We were hoping to ask you a few questions.”

Wilcox looked alarmed, but not frightened or guilty. He stepped aside at once and opened his door. “Of course, come on in.”

He led them into a minimally decorated apartment, earth tones and whites everywhere. A large framed print of a mountain hung on the far wall opposite the television. There were also smaller framed pictures here and there, arranged in a way that kept with the apartment’s tidy-looking layout. Wilcox could be seen in all of these pictures, scaling rock walls and, in one case, what looked like the side of a building.

As they settled down on Wilcox’s couch, he took a small chair in the corner in what looked like a small reading nook. “I assume this is about Bryce Evans and Mandy Yorke?”

“It is. We understand that you climbed with both of them recently.”

“I did. I climbed with Mandy just two days before she died. I didn’t know her very well, but she seemed nice enough.”

“How did you meet Mandy Yorke and Bryce Evans?” Mackenzie asked.

I met Bryce through one of the Facebook groups. He was looking for someone to climb with, but wanted to just take it easy. I messaged him and told him I’d like to if he was still interested.”

“And did you know him before you reached out?”

“No.”

“How about Mandy Yorke?” Timbrook asked.

“I met her a few Saturdays ago. Maybe two months back. She was at one of those haphazard meet-ups on a Saturday morning. We sort of hit it off, flirting a bit. But she wasn’t interested. I think she was seeing someone or something. But she was down to do some climbing and needed a partner.

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