Lethal Dissection by Dobi Cross

Author:Dobi Cross [Cross, Dobi]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Luxhaven Publishing
Published: 2018-10-01T22:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER NINETEEN

Zora sat across Marcus in the local gourmet coffee shop. It was two blocks away from her apartment and served specialty coffee from various far-flung places around the world. Zora loved to come here when she didn’t have time to make her own coffee. She loved the cool ambience with its simple mint green and chocolate brown decor, the smell of freshly ground coffee mixed with fresh homemade bread, the comfortable chairs set in nooks, and the large windows that filled the space with natural light. Zora sat in one such nook on the far left.

She’d had no classes today; the school gave the students a day off once a month. It was a tradition that had been going on for about ten years. And today had been that free day for this month.

Zora had been happy not to go to class—she had begun to lose interest; the Martha Adams case consumed her every waking thought. She didn’t have to go and pretend she was listening when her heart was clearly not there.

She had stayed indoors all day without really achieving much, so she had been relieved when Marcus had called to meet with her.

Zora picked her cup of coffee and inhaled deeply. The sweet jasmine and peach floral notes from the Ethiopian Guji coffee wafted up her nostrils. She took a sip and its tea-like body filled her taste buds and warmed her body. She inhaled deeply. The Guji coffee was not her favorite, but it was a close second. Zora took another sip and then felt Marcus’s eyes on her.

“I could watch you all day,” he said, his voice low and soothing. “You do love your coffee.”

Zora felt a smile tug at the corners of her lips. “It’s one of my favorite things in the world.” The aroma of the coffee helped calm her. She needed to hold onto this piece of happiness even as her world was turned upside down.

The smile left her face as the memory of the case crossed her mind. She set the cup of coffee on the table and leaned back on the chair. “Have you found anything?”

Marcus pulled his notes from his satchel and scanned through. “I didn’t find anything fishy in Martha Adams’ background. She was single, lived alone, and worked at the Collmark group as a Senior Human Resources Manager; she was promoted a year ago. She was last seen leaving her office building before she ended up on your dissection table. Even though she wasn’t the best co-worker, she didn’t seem to have any enemies.

“Professor Oakley, on the other hand, seemed to have had issues with money. He had a specific amount leave his account every month, and we traced it to a group involved in racketeering and blackmail. So it is safe to assume that he was being blackmailed before he died.”

Zora leaned forward and put her elbow on the table. “Any ideas on what he was being blackmailed for?”

“I haven’t found anything yet, but I’m sure I will pretty soon,” Marcus said as he took a sip of his own coffee and grimaced.

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