Karma (Balancing the Scales Book 1) by R.J. Blain

Karma (Balancing the Scales Book 1) by R.J. Blain

Author:R.J. Blain [Blain, R.J.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Fantasy, Fiction, Paranormal, Romance
ISBN: 9781949740349
Publisher: Pen & Page Publishing
Published: 2016-05-14T23:00:00+00:00


I stomped the dirt off my shoes when I reached the Corvette, aware of Jake glaring at me from his post leaning against the car.

“You sent that nag up here on purpose, didn’t you?”

“Can it, Jake. I found two bullet holes, blood spatter, and a trail to a road on the other side of the bridge.”

Jake made a sound suspiciously similar to a growl. “Fuck.”

“Daniels is kicking it to folks on the violent crimes task force and the local police. He said he’ll advise us how to proceed.” Closing my eyes, I sighed, shook my head to clear it, and thought through our options. “This is not how things are supposed to go.”

“Get in the car,” Jake ordered, circling to the driver’s side.

I cracked open my eyes, yanked open the passenger side door, and slid inside. “I took a lot of pictures. Bullet holes were approximately three feet from the ground, fairly level entry points from what I could tell. Found one bullet lodged in the hole, and the other was in the stirred up dirt. Happened since the last rain, and someone had taken the time to clean up the blood.”

“What sort of idiot cleans up the blood on the ground but leaves the bullets behind?”

“I haven’t gotten that far yet,” I confessed. “I was stuck on trying to figure out how they did such a good job of cleaning blood off the concrete without anyone noticing. Or, you know, calling in the sounds of gunfire. There are houses around here.”

“Probably happened at night when no one was around, then. There are a lot of older cars around here, so maybe people assumed it was an engine backfiring?” Grunting, Jake started the car and pulled out of the parking lot. “Where to next?”

“Should I assume the vic was Jacob Henry, or hope it was someone else and the kid still might be around somewhere? That’s the question. If I assume the vic is Jacob, we’re stuck playing the waiting game. I don’t think Daniels intends to let either one of us get involved with a potential murder investigation.”

“At least not this specific investigation. It’ll get kicked to those in charge of the Greenwich case, probably. Sorry, Karma.”

“Probably,” I agreed.

“What I want to know is why the CARD team didn’t find that. What the fuck are they doing? Didn’t they ask any questions at all? Didn’t they check anything out at all? Fuck. Anyone from the violent crimes division would’ve found those bullet holes. They’re supposed to be better than this. It wasn’t hard for you to find where the local kids hang out, was it? Why didn’t the cops scope the place out?” Merging onto the highway, Jake flexed his hands against the wheel. I kept quiet, staring out the window.

“Those are some questions I want to ask Daniels. You have any ideas?”

“While the cops check out the crime scene, we should check out potential dump sites. Let’s hold off on talking to Daniels until we’ve done our search.” Jake hesitated.



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