Caribbean Fire by Rick Murcer

Author:Rick Murcer [Murcer, Rick]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Murcer Press
Published: 2014-08-11T05:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER-28

“Missus Rathburn is resting quietly for the moment. One of the hospital’s staff nurses will stay with her until she’s ready to take the next step,” said Investigator Munoz.

Manny nodded, feeling the escape of whatever air remained in the happy balloon that was supposed to be this trip.

The woman in the life raft was not positively identified yet, but Munoz’s people were relatively sure it was the woman missing from the first victim’s office building. The man in the yellow rubber boat wasn’t as difficult to ID.

Aaron Rathburn had finally been located.

The Brit had been missing for almost exactly twenty-four hours and, oddly enough, or perhaps not, was found floating in this raft, right near the resort from which he’d disappeared. The irony wasn’t lost on any of them, especially Manny, if it was irony at all.

“I don’t suppose Missus Rathburn will be making any future trips to Cozumel,” said Manny, standing in the sand beside Chloe.

He didn’t blame the woman. Escaping this island, right now, had been an overwhelming urge for him as well. Hell, maybe it was still a good idea.

“I believe you are correct, Agent Williams,” said Munoz. “The resort, and Mexico, will help her in every way possible. When we can release the body, we’ll ship him home for her as well.”

“She won’t think so at first, but your support will be a tremendous burden from her shoulders,” said Manny.

The ocean breeze freshened. The scent riding the wind would have been an invite to experience more of it, except for the circumstances surrounding this unique beach gathering.

Glancing at his friends for the one-hundredth time, he tried to get a bead on the states of mind of each.

Barb had gone back to her room, but Dean and Alex stood to his left, talking quietly. Sophie sat a few yards away, moving her feet back and forth in the white sand, staring at her purple sandals.

This wasn’t what any of them had envisioned when they landed in San Miguel two days ago, but life doesn’t always play with an even hand or on an equal playing field. He knew that as much as anyone. He also knew his friends had a choice here—even though he’d made his, they hadn’t.

People were dying. Any way he cut it, that circumstance was far more important to consider than a few days of vacation. Guilt had no say when it came to keeping people alive.

Turning to Munoz, he watched as the inspector got his fill of the teal beauty of the Caribbean Sea.

He looked back to Manny. “Tell me more why you think this was intentional. The staging of the bodies virtually outside of your rooms, I’m referring to, and not just a random act.”

“The fact that one of the victims was Aaron Rathburn forces me to rethink that a little. The killer could have been just bringing the man home, so to speak.”

“But you still think you are correct?” asked Munoz.

“One of the first cases I worked in Ireland, before joining the BAU, had something similar,” said Chloe.

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