Jex Malone by C.L. Gaber & V.C. Stanley

Jex Malone by C.L. Gaber & V.C. Stanley

Author:C.L. Gaber & V.C. Stanley
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: F+W Media


Chapter 17

Famous Girl Detective Quote:

“Whatever I may or may not be, I am definitely no angel.”

—Miss Jane Marple

The Galleria Mall is a big sprawling retail wonderland—complete with giant Spanish arches and parking lots named after famous conquistadors separated by medians decorated with giant cactuses.

“Remember, the point here is not to get a confession out of Billy—although that would be nice—but to ease him into talking,” Nat instructs. “If he were going to confess to murdering his girlfriend, he would have done it all those years ago when she first disappeared.

“We need to play on his emotions to get him to want to help us. Then we let the guilt that has been building up inside him all these years bubble over, once and for all,” Nat insists.

“Oh, c’mon, this guy is a psychopath,” Deva answers. “The only thing he’s going to confess is that he will kill us, too, if we keep bothering him. We have to let him know that we can prove he killed Patty because we found her diary and she wrote everything down and practically named him as her killer. You know, shake him up. Play with his mind,” she adds with a fake wicked laugh that sounds like a cross between the Wicked Witch and some actress in a really bad horror movie.

“But Deva, she didn’t do that,” Cissy interjects nervously. “I mean, why would we tell him that when it’s not true? He’s going to get really, really mad at us.”

“He doesn’t know she didn’t write that,” Deva hisses back. “We have to make him think his only chance of escaping the electric chair, Old Sparkly, is to confess now and take the police to where he hid her body.”

“There’s no more electric chair—and it’s Old Sparky … not Old Sparkly,” Nat interjects, as I just keep my trap shut and watch the exchange.

“What do you mean no electric chair?” Deva shoots back, clearly disappointed. “I thought there has always been an electric chair.”

“They thought that was a little too cruel and unusual in terms of punishment,” Nat lectures. “They don’t even use it in Florida anymore, and they have very high standards for what they consider cruel or unusual down there.”

“Well, don’t tell me we’re going through all this trouble just so he can spend the rest of his life playing tennis and bocce ball at some country-club prison,” Deva almost shouts, causing the rest of us to shush her instantly.

“I want a dramatic ending to this!” Deva insists.

“Okay, drama mama, because this hasn’t been enough excitement already,” I finally speak up.



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