Into the Rain by Suzanne Cass

Author:Suzanne Cass
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Suzanne Cass

CHAPTER FOURTEEN

NICO TAPPED THE large whiteboard affixed to the wall with the tip of his pen, considering the photo of Karim Khaled’s face. Things were not looking good for the young man. Evidence was piling up against him. He chewed the end of his pen as he lifted his eyes to the ceiling, brooding on the new information they’d just received.

Even though Floyd Hamilton denied it, Karim was adamant he’d gone to the young man’s house and knocked him around, trying to scare him so he’d leave Rania alone. This had been backed up by Danny, the head mechanic, who swore that Floyd had come into work the next day with a black eye and bruises all over. Floyd had been sullen and wouldn’t talk about who’d used him as a punching bag—Nico was still to get to the bottom of why he refused to admit to the beating, perhaps it was a pride thing, or perhaps he’d merely wanted to save face in front of Rania—but it was further confirmed by Floyd’s flat mate that it’d been the young Syrian boyfriend of the hot receptionist who’d come to the house that evening, full of aggression and brutality. Karim probably thought that by revealing this to the cops, he was implicating Floyd in her murder. But it might do Karim more harm than good, as it was more evidence of his violent streak. Evidence that spoke of how he was controlling in his relationship with Rania.

They’d also had the results from the coroner this morning from Rania’s autopsy. Tyrell had given Nico the rundown, as he hadn’t had time to read the full report himself. Cause of death was a heart attack, which was exactly what Gabe had described earlier. The loss of blood had been so great, and her blood pressure had dropped so low, her heart went into cardiac arrest. The timing as to when she’d actually been stabbed and when she finally succumbed to her wounds, was a little more circumspect. The coroner commented that judging by the size of the stab wounds and where they were situated—they’d missed all vital organs—he could surmise how much blood she’d lost over time, and he estimated she could’ve been alive for two or three hours before Margie found her. He stressed this was an estimation, however. His report also listed all drugs found in her system. There was a blood thinner, an analgesic, and adrenaline. Which all sounded reasonable to Nico. All the drugs must’ve been administered by Gabriel as he was trying to save her life. Gabe had also hooked her up to a saline drip, in an attempt to increase her blood pressure but that’d come too late to save her life.

There was a quiet knock at the door. Nico was the only one left in the command room at present; the rest of the team were either out following up leads, or had gone for a much-needed lunch break. He turned to see who it was.

Lacey’s slim form was silhouetted in the doorway and Nico did a double take.

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