Fade to Black by P A Wilson
Author:P A Wilson
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781990509070
Publisher: Perry Wilson Books
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âYou need to check your messages,â Amanda said without looking up from her screen as Sofie entered the room.
âWhoâs been calling?â Sofie didnât plan to sit in the office, or in some meeting space wasting time. âAny tips we can use?â
âThe usual hundreds of useless, time-wasting nonsense calls.â Rick moved past her and put his pad on the table. When he turned around to face her, he winced.
âItâs nothing,â she said, knowing the temporary skin covered the worst of it.
He glanced at Amanda as if looking for support to argue with her, but Amanda gave him a tiny headshake. He took the hint and continued with his griping. âI swear if I have to hear another lie about some lover, husband, rival, or annoying boss killing an Elite, Iâm going to start arresting people for being assholes. So, no real tips, and it feels like everyone has been calling.â
Sofie sympathized. âEventually, that will be against the law, but I doubt the punishment will be death. Who do I need to call first?â
Amanda looked up from her screen. âJune Sato. Youâd know that if you looked at the list.â
âWhatâs got you in a mood?â Rick asked. âYouâve been sitting here in comfort. Weâve mostly been out in the stink of Maintenance.â
âNo one is responding to my requests,â Amanda said. âHow am I supposed to find answers without input?â
Sofie tuned out the bickering. It wasnât serious and would fade soon. The list of messages was short. June Sato and two from the equipment manager. Rick had taken all the tips. No wonder he was fed up.
She called the equipment manager only to leave a message of her own that he didnât need to wait for her, either of the other two detectives would take his information. Was this a delaying tactic? Easy to cover up involvement, incompetence, or corruption by appearing to help the police.
Now she only had June Sato. Frequent interference on a case was often an attempt to misdirect. Ordinary people did this hoping to distract the investigation until it was dropped. Real criminals knew it didnât work.
There was no doubt that the Sato Second was keeping secrets. Were those secrets about the case? Or were they about some other amoral shit?
Sofie didnât like being pushed or feeling anxious about talking to a suspect. Although she needed a lot more undeniable proof than she had if she was to suggest that June Sato was involved.
She hit the contact information on the message and sat. The stim Bindes gave her was wearing off and her legs were shaky.
Instead of reaching an aide, the call was answered by the Second personally. âDetective. I donât usually wait this long for someone to respond.â
âThe investigation takes priority,â Sofie said. âIâm sure you prefer we find the killer.â It was never easy to walk the knife-edge between respect and annoyance when you didnât actually feel someone in power deserved any deference. Sofie waited for a response, knowing sheâd cross the line if she kept going.
âI expected more progress,â June Sato said.
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