Dead Silent by Pandora Pine

Author:Pandora Pine [Pine, Pandora]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2018-03-12T16:00:00+00:00

22

Ronan

“They were going to give him thirty-five thousand dollars?” Fitzgibbon’s mouth was hanging open as he flipped back and forth between Tennyson’s pictures on Ronan’s phone.

“I couldn’t believe it either until Ten showed me the pictures.” It almost had him thinking he should have been nicer to the old lady like Tennyson had been. He wouldn’t mind getting the hell out of his shitty apartment in Dorchester. Money like that would have gone a long way to accomplishing that goal.

“Reminds me of some Reader’s Digest story I read way back where this kid had been begging his father for a car for graduation all through high school and when the day finally came, his father gave him a Bible. Well, the kid threw a fit and told his father off. He never spoke to his dad again after that day.”

“Let me guess, the key to the car was taped inside the front cover of the book?” Ronan said.

Fitzgibbon nodded. “You heard that story too?”

“I think it was a sermon in church. It hits all the big themes about being grateful and finding forgiveness in your heart and looking for answers in God, blah, blah, blah…” Ronan rolled his eyes. “How does the story end the way you heard it?” Ronan studied the captain.

“I think the kid finds out about what his father did for him when he comes home for his funeral,” Fitzgibbon said.

Ronan frowned. What a stupid story. All those years of wasted time and anger for no reason other than stubbornness. “Learn the lesson well, cap. If you get Greeley a car, just hand him the damn keys. Making people pass tests is never a good idea.”

“Did this little field trip to the emergency room bring you closer to figuring out who killed Harold Owens?”

That was the bad news he had for his boss this morning. “No. All three of them still seem like viable suspects. Just because Hope and Maxine seemed willing to finally cut Shawn in on the insurance money, doesn’t mean they didn’t kill Harold to get it in the first place. It just means they’re trying to mend broken fences for Ophelia’s sake.”

“What happened yesterday certainly didn’t help with that. In addition to Shawn and Debbie being arraigned for assault and battery and resisting arrest this morning, Ophelia also moved out of the house.” Fitzgibbon pushed the folder on his desk over to Ronan.

Ronan picked it up and skimmed through its contents. The Rockingham County District Attorney declined to file charges against Hope and Maxine. She stated that both women were simply defending themselves from harm. “This is unbelievable. While her parents were in court, Ophelia was having her grandmother cosign a lease on an off-campus apartment in Durham, New Hampshire.”

“From what I understand, it’s just down the street from her class buildings at UNH. It’s a safe neighborhood and Maxine paid the rent through Ophelia’s graduation day next year.” Fitzgibbon sounded impressed.

“Captain, if this money is…”

Fitzgibbon held up a hand. “I know what you’re going to say, Ronan.

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