If She Ran by Blake Pierce

Author:Blake Pierce [Pierce, Blake]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Blake Pierce
Published: 2018-12-20T05:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER FIFTEEN

The next several hours passed by in a flurry of activity. The police decided it would be more efficient to call in Detective Luke Pritchard and have him run the show, giving assistance where it was needed. A small base of sorts was set up in the parking lot of the Comfort Inn, where Pritchard tasked some of the officers were small jobs. He was taking charge within seconds of arriving on the scene. Kate was coming out of the main office as he started working things out, impressed with how well he worked with the cops.

She walked over, fully prepared to show her badge and ID. But before she could, Pritchard looked her way and gave a smile of acknowledgment. “Agent Wise,” he said. “I hear you were the one that found the body?”

“That’s correct.”

“How did you manage that? The PD have told me a few details but that’s about it.”

She found herself again running through a quick breakdown of how she had come to Room 202 of the Bronx Comfort Inn. Pritchard took a few handwritten notes in a small ledger as she did so. When she was done, he scanned his notes, nodding here and there.

“I’ll stop by his apartment and see what we can pull from that laptop. Any word on the gun you found?”

“Almost certain it was the same kind used to murder Jack Tucker. It’s been bagged and is on the way to the station.”

“Great. And what are you up to right now?”

“I just finished speaking with the manager. They’re rolling back through security camera footage from this afternoon to see if there’s anything that might help to explain what happened. I’ve already got the bureau working on pulling up phone records and getting a criminal profile.”

“Great. The blood in there…it’s too fresh. I think if we work together on this, we can wrap it by morning.”

“Let’s hope so,” Kate said.

“Agent?”

They both turned to the sound of the voice from behind them. It was the motel manager, standing by the front door of the office. She was waving Kate forward, a look of reserved anxiety on her face. Kate assumed it was not in the motel’s best interests to have a murder investigation going on as it got later and later into the night.

“Let me check the footage,” Kate said. “If there’s anything worth noting, I’ll let you know.”

“Let me get your number then. I’ll do the same if we can manage to get anything off of Beringer’s laptop.”

They exchanged numbers before Kate left him to his business. She headed inside the main office where the manager was waiting for her. She led Kate around the back of the check-in counter to where a small office was set up. The manager allowed Kate to sit in the chair behind the desk while she navigated around the security camera software. She showed Kate the ropes quickly—how to fast forward, freeze frame, zoom in, rewind, and so on.

Kate had used countless different security interfaces before so learning this one was rather simple.

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