Her Last Lie--Kobo by Blake Pierce

Author:Blake Pierce [Pierce, Blake]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2024-02-14T13:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER TWELVE

Rachel once again found herself impressed with Detective Sullivan. To his credit, he was more than understanding when she suggested she should go back to her hotel. He didn’t quite handle her with kids’ gloves, and he also didn't freak out when she told him just how tired she was. He simply asked if she was okay and then delivered her to her car.

“I’ve got all of the files back at my hotel room,” she said as she stepped out of his car back at the parking lot in front of Jane Adler’s labs.. “I’ll dig through everything I have and see if I can find anything else.”

“I appreciate it,” Sullivan said, “but you really don’t have to.”

Was that a sort of strangled resentment in his voice? Rachel thought she heard something like that in his tone but couldn’t be sure. Maybe he was relieved that she was calling it a day a bit early. Maybe he was starting to realize that this hotshot agent with a bit of celebrity behind her was on the verge of swiping up what had been his case from the start.

“Well, it’s that or watch sitcoms and HGTV back at the room.”

“Yeah, that does sound sort of awful.” He seemed to think about something for a moment and then added: “When I get back to the station, I’ll send you over the information you need to get onto the local database remotely.”

“Thanks,” she said. Maybe she’d misread his earlier tone after all.

She got into her car and pulled up the address of the hotel; she hadn’t been in the city nearly enough to know her way around. It was just shy of four as she started back to the hotel and the sky had grown overcast, threatening to spit more rain down. But she didn’t see a single drop during the brief drive back to the hotel. As she parked and made her way into the building and then up to her room, her thoughts kept drifting back to the tone she thought she’d heard in Sullivan’s voice. If there was a bit of him that was starting to resent her, she could certainly understand. It did seem that her request to help with the case had gone a bit smoothly, with no pushback from Anderson or the Seattle heads at all. Surely a local detective had to take that as a bit of an insult, even if the case did seem to be targeting medical professionals of high esteem.

She considered this as she entered her room and approached the small stacks of files and printouts that were waiting for her. Maybe it was a little presumptuous of her to think she could just come in on someone else’s case and lend a hand. She also knew that she had never been a very good follower. She wondered if she’d taken too much control of the case. She’d only taken the lead whenever Sullivan had offered it, but still…sometimes she was unaware when she was taking control.

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