city of dragons 07 - fire and flood by Val St Crowe

Author:Val St Crowe
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Publisher: Punk Rawk Books
Published: 2017-02-10T05:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER SIXTEEN

“How are you guys doing today?” said Zach. “Didn’t know if you’d be coming by or not.” We were back in Zach’s office, all standing near his desk.

“We’re just stopping through, actually,” said Lachlan. “Wanted to ask you a couple things.”

“That’s why I’m here.” He gave us a smile.

“Okay,” said Lachlan. “Well, first of all, we’re wondering about a conversation we read about in the Wells transcripts. Something about getting a release to go to a funeral?”

“Oh, that,” said Zach, sighing. “That was a real mess. He went to the funeral of his best friend’s wife. It was completely strange, because we couldn’t figure out why he was being granted the privilege for someone who wasn’t immediate family. Apparently, he had his lawyer argue some shit like he was standing in for his best friend, who was dead too, and that he’d made some deathbed vow to his friend to be there when his friend couldn’t, and some judge bought that crap. Probably a bleeding heart type. I don’t know. Anyway, he got released. I didn’t have to go, but a couple of my co-workers escorted him. He was in shackles the whole time and every single one of his conversations were witnessed by the guards. He didn’t go anywhere alone. So, whatever it was he thought he was going to be able to do, he didn’t get to do it.”

“What do you think he wanted to do?” said Lachlan.

“Oh, I have no idea,” said Zach. “But I figure it was something to do with his business. Unless he really was sentimental about his best friend’s old lady. Hell, maybe he was. What the heck do I know?”

“Huh,” said Lachlan. “Well, that’s interesting. Do you know the name of the woman whose funeral he attended?”

“Not off hand,” said Zach. “But I can find out.”

“Thanks,” said Lachlan, “that would be great.”

“Also,” I spoke up, “we were wondering about Bradley? Is there anything we could look at that gives more details on the investigations into his possible murders? Of the inmates here, I mean?”

“Oh, he’s got a big old file,” said Zach. “You want me to dig that up for you?”

“Definitely,” said Lachlan.

Zach settled down behind his desk and began to type on his computer. “All right, so I’ll print out the info that I have on Wells and the funeral, and I’ll give you the stuff on Bradley too. Good?”

“Excellent,” said Lachlan. “We really appreciate it, Zach.”

“Not a problem,” said Zach. “You think you’re any closer to solving this than when you showed up?”

“We’re getting there,” said Lachlan. “Just pounding the pavement, looking into everything at this point.”

* * *

Later that evening, after dinner, Lachlan and I were standing outside by the lake. He yawned.

“You tired?” I said.

“I’m exhausted,” he said. “We went halfway across the world today.”

“Way to exaggerate,” I said. “We only went to San Antonio.”

“Well, Vivica had to put Wyatt down for his nap without you because we never made it back,” he said.

“I know.” I sighed. Apparently, Wyatt had not gone down easily for her either.

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