Blood Rain: a Lou Thorne Thriller by Kory M. Shrum

Author:Kory M. Shrum
Language: eng
Format: epub

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King hid his relief. Though they hadn’t had time to prep their story, he felt that he’d steered Piper in the right direction. If she was focused on being the eager recruit, she would drive the pace of the interview with her own questions. Hopefully that would keep her from sharing anything that might paint them in a dangerous light.

“I’ll be direct with you, Mr. King,” Agent Smith said, turning her blue eyes on him.

“I’d prefer that,” he said, matching her icy demeanor.

“I want to know if you can be trusted to drop this case. As I understand it, Detective White has become a personal friend of yours, since you moved to the city. That’s the reason he came to you for help after we declined to open a case.”

“I like to think he came to me because I have a certain skillset, but yes. I suppose it helped that he trusts me.”

“Are you capable of separating your feelings, and any sense of loyalty you have to Detective White, from the situation?” Another piercing blue gaze.

They had a word for stares like that. Eagle-eyed. Her unblinking gaze definitely had a raptor-like quality to it.

“If you’re asking whether I will help my friend, should he come face to face with the bomber again, yes, Agent Smith. I will put my neck out for him without hesitation.”

“Even if it costs you? We can revoke your license and charge you with willful interference. Bar you from ever having an agency again. You could even spend a year in prison. You won’t be of much use to Detective White or anyone else in prison,” she said without blinking.

King crossed his arms. “I’m not sure it’s against the law to help one’s friends, Agent Smith. Citizens are allowed to run into burning buildings last I checked.”

“Aren’t you concerned for your own safety?” she asked. “The bomber blew up your car. That’s more aggression than he’s even shown Detective White.”

King couldn’t argue that point. The bomber clearly wanted to warn King off. It made him more certain that he hadn’t been wrong about the red Honda or about the onlooker in the red hat. But it also meant that the bomber was ready to pull the kill switch if anyone tried to get between him and White. That obsessiveness didn’t bode well for White’s life expectancy.

“You may think whatever you want of me, Mr. King, but it’s clear that if you continue to run interference between White and the bomber, you could very well get hurt. I don’t think that bomb was meant to be a warning. I think it was intended to kill you. That tells me that you’ve seen something.”

King refrained from looking away or swallowing. Anything that might make him appear guilty.

She waved the folder again. “And I don’t think it’s in this folder. You saw something while tailing White and that provoked him. What was it?”

King wanted to lie. He didn’t want to hand over evidence to someone who’d been so dismissive

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