Ghosts of Dreams by Henry Kellerman

Author:Henry Kellerman
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781569801727
Publisher: Barricade Books

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ROWDY AND ALEX

At five minutes to noon, Rowdy was at the Waldorf entrance. He walked up those iconic stairs into the grand Waldorf lobby, made a beeline to the concierge desk and asked for Dr. Alex Cole’s room. The man glanced toward the detective stationed in the lobby. The detective picked up the glance and walked over to Rowdy and asked him to put his hands on the desk. Then in full view of everyone, he frisked Rowdy. Within seconds they were joined by another detective who was near the lobby elevators. They both escorted Rowdy into the elevator but wouldn’t permit anyone else to enter. They exited on the twelfth floor and the three of them took the stairs to the thirteenth.

As the three of them approached the room occupied by Dr. Alex Cole, our two detectives were in the corridor — covering both ends of the floor. Both detectives converged at the door, and now Rowdy was escorted into the room by four police officers.

* * *

As he entered, Rowdy quickly took it all in and spotted me. He was instructed by one of the detectives to stand between Garelik, and next to Grimand — both of whom were standing opposite me. Rowdy, uneasy, was obviously relieved that I was there.

I started. I told him I was very happy he consented to be there. Garelik took it from there. He told Rowdy that they were all police personnel directly involved in the circumstance that Rowd and I would be talking about. He said they were all going to leave, and he and I would be alone to talk. Garelik added that he knew Rowdy was OK with the taping of our conversation. Rowdy nodded. Then Garelik motioned everyone to leave the room. He also asked the four detectives to join the people who were filing out. The whole thing took about twenty seconds. In the meantime I asked Tess to wait. Then I introduced them.

“Rowd, this is Tess. She’s with me — looks like permanently. Know what I mean?”

“Sure, hi Tess.”

“Rowdy, I’ve heard so much about you, and about you and Alex. I’m very glad to meet you.”

Rowdy just looked at her and thanked her. I know he was sincere. Then Tess left the room and it was just Rowdy and me. I immediately started.

“Rowd, as you know we need to get down to it all. I know you’re with me.”

Rowdy said a wobbly “yes” and then, with his head down, he began to whimper, to cry — actually sob.

“I never killed anyone. I know you may think I might have, but the truth is I never have and never will. But I do know who did and it’s very hard for me to say it.”

Without any prompting, he continued. He looked up at me and said:

“My grandfather, my mother’s father, is alive. He’s at the bottom of it all. I hate saying that because he’s been extremely good to me my whole grown-up life. He’s supported me to the point where I never had to work.

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