[Lady Justice 03] - Lady Justice Gets Lei'd by Robert Thornhill

Author:Robert Thornhill [Thornhill, Robert]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781530641314
Amazon: B004Z1RWU6
Barnesnoble: B004Z1RWU6
Publisher: Tate Publishing
Published: 2011-03-22T00:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 12

The red-eye from Honolulu back to Kansas City wasn’t nearly as much fun as the trip over.

If you think sitting in one of those cramped seats for eight hours is tough under normal circumstances, try doing it in handcuffs.

The lavatory was another nightmare.

My experience on previous flights was that I seemed to time my stream just as the plane hit an air pocket. After a few episodes of misdirection, I learned to steady myself using one hand on the wall and the other for guidance.

You can’t do that with your wrists shackled together.

I suspect that the lady who came in after me wasn’t too thrilled.

I tried to question Murdock as to the details of my incarceration, but he refused to discuss anything about the case. He said his job was to simply bring me in.

From the airport, I was taken directly to the precinct and placed in a holding room. As I stared at the four blank walls, I reflected on how my life had so abruptly changed. In just over a week, I had gone from celebrated head of the City Retiree Action Patrol to common criminal with two arrests a half a world apart.

I had just started my pity party when I heard a knock, and Captain Short and Ozzie Meacham entered the room.

Fortunately, I have had very few occasions in my life to use the services of an attorney.

Ozzie Meacham was the attorney on retainer for my former employer, City Wide Realty. In my thirty years there, I had come to know Ozzie and had taken his counsel on a couple of particularly sticky real estate deals.

I was relieved to see them both. “Would someone please tell me what’s going on?”

Ozzie spoke first. “Before we get into that, I know that you and Captain Short are friends, but this is different. You’re on opposite sides of the fence, and you might want to think about talking with me privately.”

I looked at Shorty. “Nope, I’ve got nothing to hide.

I know I can trust the captain, and he will do whatever he can to help me. Now will somebody please tell me why I’m locked up?”

“It’s your building,” the captain said. “You hired a contractor to remodel while you were away. He was tearing down walls between your two units, and they found a body enclosed between the studs.”

“A body?”

“Well, actually a skeleton, or at least most of a skeleton. They’re still poking around trying to find all the pieces.”

“And you think I put it there?”

“Of course I don’t, Walt, but there is a lot of evidence pointing in your direction.”

“Such as?”

“How long have you owned the building?”

“Going on thirty years. So what?”

“So these bones are old—really old. Possibly placed there during the early days of your ownership. If so, you would be the only person who could have known about the construction necessary to conceal the body.”

“But I haven’t done anything to the building other than carpet and paint.”

“At this point, I guess it’s just your word on that.

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