I Know Everything by Matthew Farrell

Author:Matthew Farrell [Farrell, Matthew]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-08-05T16:00:00+00:00

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It was close to nine o’clock when Susan walked out of the barracks. Tommy had finished filing his paperwork from the property walk-around earlier, and she’d sent him home to get some rest. They’d been moving at a good clip since the investigation began, and she needed her partner sharp. There was no sense in him sitting around while she typed her way through the interview transcripts and uploads.

The kids would most likely be asleep by the time she got home. Another day lost. She made a promise to herself to do something fun with them once the case was over. Maybe a trip to Rockefeller Center to see the giant tree and go ice-skating. Or an afternoon at the movies. Or lunch at Chuck E. Cheese’s with an endless supply of tokens for all the games. Something to reconnect them. Something to make her feel better.

It was snowing. Just flurries for now. She looked up at the lights as she made her way toward her car and marveled at how beautiful the flakes looked dancing in the glow, swirling and flipping around one another, then vanishing as they fell from the light back into the darkness. An express train heading south flew by in a rush, then was gone, and it was quiet again. Peaceful.

Perfect.

She noticed a figure standing in the shadows at the edge of the parking lot, near the roller hockey rink. He was unmoving, seemingly staring at her, but she couldn’t be certain. His face was hidden beneath a large hood. He stood completely still, positioned on the opposite side of the lot from where she’d parked her car. She figured it to be a man based on his size and girth but couldn’t be sure.

She casually reached under her jacket and unsnapped the holster that was fastened on her belt. The guy was probably harmless. Most likely homeless or had come from the VA down the road. He also could’ve been a day laborer who’d just gotten dropped off, but she was the only one outside and needed to ensure her safety. She gripped the handle of her Beretta, ready to extract it if needed but not wanting to jump to any conclusions.

“Hey!” she called, her voice booming in the quiet surroundings. “You need something?”

The figure remained.

“You need help? I’m state police. Can I help you with something?”

The figure turned and walked farther into the darkness, back through an alley that she knew would lead him to a twenty-four-hour gas station. As quickly as he’d appeared, he was gone. Like the snowflakes in the light.

She climbed into her car and started it up, flipping her wipers on to get rid of the snow that had accumulated on the windshield.

At this time of night, and with the light flurries falling, Buchanan was desolate. It only took her about ten minutes to drive across town, through Peekskill, and reach the base of Route 9, which would eventually wind her up a mountain road and into Fishkill. She

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