Murder Board by Brian Shea

Author:Brian Shea [Shea, Brian]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781951249045
Publisher: Severn River Publishing
Published: 2019-10-14T16:00:00+00:00

The gray, triple-decker house was quiet. It was a little past one p.m. The two detectives sat with the car off. They’d opted to take Barnes’s Caprice, since the brass apparently liked her better and gave her a car made within the past ten years. Each had a cup of Dunkin’ coffee in their hands, warding off the cool afternoon temps while giving them a much-needed jolt of caffeine.

“Not much happening here today.” Kelly took the lid off his cup. He hated drinking through the small opening. “Maybe we should come back later tonight?”

“Give it a few. The after-lunch crowd will be arriving for their quick release before returning to cubicle hell.”

“You’ve really got this stuff down to a science, huh?”

“Spend enough time dealing in sex crimes, you start to see the underbelly of society for what it is.” Barnes sipped at her coffee. “Honestly, I wish I could erase from memory half the crap I now know. Can’t go anywhere without noticing some skell.”

“If normal people had an inkling of what was swirling around them at any given time, they’d probably lock themselves inside their homes and never come out.”

A light blue sedan pulled up along the curb in front of their target. The driver remained inside the vehicle.

“Looks like our douchebag teen’s intel might’ve been right after all.” Barnes jutted her chin in the direction of the newly arrived car.

“Let’s hope so.”

Kelly watched as a middle-aged man exited. He was tall and thin. His dark hair was slicked back, and the man wore a windbreaker over a collared shirt. He had on neatly pressed slacks and shiny brown shoes. He looked more like a banker or accountant, and maybe he was, but this particular area on the west side of Dorchester wasn’t known for its commerce, unless you happened to be in the drug trade.

“For a guy who seems a bit out of his element, he doesn’t look too nervous,” Barnes said. “Probably means he’s stopped by here before. Maybe daily.”

The man gave a casual scan of his surroundings and then proceeded up the dilapidated wood steps leading up to the first-floor porch. He opened the door, disappearing inside.

“What’s the play?” Barnes asked.

“We could wait until he comes out. Or we could stop in and pay a visit.”

“I like option B.”

“I figured you would.”

“Doing exigency?”

Kelly smiled. It was as if she read his mind. “I’m pretty sure I just heard somebody scream. Let’s call it in.”

Barnes keyed up her radio. “Detectives Barnes and Kelly at the corner of Millet and Wheatland on a possible disturbance. Investigating.”

Kelly and Barnes exited their vehicle and picked up a slight jog as they trotted across the street to the triple-decker. Moving in tandem, the two crested the rickety stairs quickly. The warped wood creaked loudly.

In the upper right-hand corner of the covered porch was a security camera. The blinking red light was an indicator that if somebody was monitoring, their element of surprise was now compromised. Kelly looked to Barnes as he withdrew his service weapon and bootlegged it along his right thigh.

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