IF SHE SAW by Blake Pierce

Author:Blake Pierce [Pierce, Blake]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2018-11-20T16:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER SEVENTEEN

Kate felt a sense of unease spreading through her as she entered the driveway of the third murder scene. From the sight of the house alone, she could tell that there was something different about this one—that the killer had to have been incredibly motivated to strike here.

First of all, the house was gorgeous. It was an enormous house, done in an altered Colonial style. The grass was perfectly cut and green, bordering the porch like something out of a gardening magazine. Behind the house, she could see the edge of a pond peeking out. The house was situated up on a hill, as if whoever lived inside felt the need to look out on top of the city of Roanoke, which sat to the east as just a tangle of shapes against the trees.

It would have been a beautiful sight indeed if not for the presence of the two police cars and the black sedan. The sedan, she knew, was what DeMarco was driving. Kate parked behind the sedan and walked toward the house. As she made her way up the porch stairs, a policeman came out of the front door. She wasn’t too surprised to see that it was Palmetto. He looked tired but managed a smile when he saw her.

“Agent Wise,” he said. “Good to see you again.”

“Likewise,” she said. “You headed out?”

“Yeah. I’m going to see if I can help relieve you guys of some of the monotony. I’m going to see what I can find out from family and friends of the newly deceased. Going to get a few of the local officers to assist. I’ll meet back up with you guys later today.”

“Thanks for that,” Kate said as she headed inside the house.

“Sure.” He regarded her with a strange look that made her think he meant to say something else. But he simply returned to his car and started the engine.

Kate made her way into the house and quickly discovered that the interior was just as beautiful as the exterior. The front door led to a tall foyer that showed the full staircase leading upstairs. It was there, looking at her out over the railing, that DeMarco stood. A trail of drying blood led up the stairs to her, stopping at a crumpled shape at DeMarco’s feet.

“How long have you been on the scene?” Kate asked, carefully making her way up the stairs. The blood was not in a simple single trail, but splattered here and there. As she reached the landing at the top of the stairs, the puddle grew thicker and darker.

“A little over an hour I guess.”

“Anything worthwhile?”

“Not that I could find. There is a huge difference here, though—so different that I at first thought this murder was not related to the others. The victim’s name is Monica Knight. She’s a pretty big-time local lawyer. She also happens to be single. She was married for less than six months but her husband had an affair and left her. That was about twelve years ago, from what I’m being told.

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