Captive Justice: A Private Investigator Mystery Series (A Jake & Annie Lincoln Thriller Book 4) by Rayven T. Hill

Author:Rayven T. Hill [Hill, Rayven T.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Kindle Unlimited Books
Published: 2014-08-10T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 33

Friday, September 2nd, 12:45 p.m.

HANK PARKED HIS CHEVY in front of the Commerce Bank and went through the revolving doors. He glanced around the main area. Tellers were busy trying to pare down a long line of fidgeting customers. Faint music sounded somewhere overhead. A security guard leaned against the wall near an office doorway, his arms folded above his ample belly, a bored look on his face. Everything seemed to be business as usual.

Hank approached the security guard and showed his badge. “I’m Detective Corning. Are you the guard who chased the robber this morning?”

The security guard bounced off the wall, stood straight, his arms still folded, and nodded. “Yup. Almost caught him, too, but he slipped away.” He offered his hand. “I’m Zeke Chalker.”

Hank shook the guard’s hand and then slipped out a well-worn notepad and thumbed to an empty page. “Did you get a good look at him?”

Chalker shrugged. “Big bushy beard. Average height. Average weight. Didn’t see him up close. He was already running away when I got there. I already told all this to the officers that came.”

“I realize that,” Hank said. “But I need to hear it firsthand.”

“Of course. I know that. I was going to be a cop.” He shrugged again. “Didn’t make the cut. You know how it is.”

Hank suspected he knew how it was. If you weren’t willing to apply yourself and get in shape, there was no room for you in the academy.

The guard continued, “I chased him up the street and into the alleyway and then when he fired at me, I had to duck for cover. He barely missed me and I didn’t want to take any chances. By the time I was able to give chase again, he was gone onto the next street and I couldn’t catch him.”

“Did you see him after that? Did you see which way he went?” Hank asked.

Chalker shook his head. “By the time I got there he was gone. Maybe had a car waiting or something, or ducked into a building, but that was the last I saw of him.”

Hank scribbled in his pad and then asked, “Did you see what he was wearing?”

“Just blue jeans and a black t-shirt.”

“Shoes?”

“Not sure. Maybe running shoes. I didn’t get a good look.”

Hank flipped his pad closed and tucked it in his pocket. He hadn’t gotten anything helpful, but the description was pretty much the same as Coleman had given earlier.

“Any security cameras here?” Hank asked, glancing around.

“Sure. Lots inside, but nothing out there.” He pointed toward opposite corners of the room. “Camera there, and there, but neither of them has a view of the outside. I already checked for that.”

Hank pulled out his pad again and consulted a page. “There was another witness,” he said. “Can you tell me where I might find—?”

Hank twisted around and looked over his shoulder as Chalker pointed to an office on the far side of the bank. “Right there. Mrs. Kato. She saw the robbery through her office window.

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