Don’t Look Back: A completely addictive and gripping Kane and Alton crime short-read by D.K. Hood

Author:D.K. Hood [Hood, D.K.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Bookouture

Fifteen

Temper rising, Errol Dean clenched his fists so tight his knuckles ached. He stared at his lawyer, James Stone. “First up, I didn’t hit Carol. I came down to the church to talk to her is all. That deputy, the smart-mouthed woman, got between me and my wife. She was arresting her and I was trying to save her.”

“The deputy’s made a complaint against you for striking her.” Stone looked up from his paperwork. “I’d say Deputy Walters will bear witness and then there’s Father Derry.”

Snorting, Dean shook his head. “Well, Deputy Walters was facing the other way and talking to Carol at the time, so I’d say he’s telling lies. What happened is I got to the church and there was Carol all banged up. I went toward her to comfort her, and she ran away screaming, knocking over Father Derry, and running out the door. The priest was out cold and I went after Carol. I wanted to find out who had hit her, for as sure as hell it wasn’t me. What did I see? The new deputy, pushing her toward a cruiser.” He stared at James Stone. “What would you do?”

“I’d ask why she was being arrested, but apparently that isn’t the case here.” Stone held up a statement. “Deputy Alton states she sent Carol around the other side of the cruiser with Deputy Walters to protect her from you.”

Unable to believe what he was saying, Dean shook his head. “She hadn’t even seen me at the time. Like I said, when I came out the church, Deputy Alton was leading Carol to the cruiser. They need to get their facts straight. She had her back turned. It would have been impossible to have seen me.”

“Okay, but Father Derry made a complaint saying there was a problem at the church.” Stone cleared his throat. “You saying you didn’t hit the priest?”

Dean met his gaze. “I didn’t hit the priest.” He thought for a beat. “This is confidential isn’t it—between you and me? You ain’t going to rat me out to the cops?”

“No, we have attorney-client privilege. Nothing you say to me leaves this room.” Stone leaned forward resting his hands on the table. “I can only defend you if you tell me the truth. Lies come undone under cross-examination, and we don’t want that now, do we?”

Rubbing the back of his neck, Dean nodded. “I have hit Carol in the past but not today. That’s why she divorced me, but it isn’t final yet and I want her back.”

“So, you’re saying, you didn’t hit Deputy Alton, Carol, or Father Derry?” Stone picked up his pen and made notes on a legal pad.

“Nope or that woman. Deputy Alton was arresting me without reading me my rights. She didn’t as much as tell me I was being arrested. She just hit me with her nightstick and cuffed me.” Dean spread his hands on the table. “Look here, if I’d punched Carol in the mouth, my knuckles would be damaged, same with the priest.

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