No One Is Safe by Philip Fracassi

Author:Philip Fracassi [Fracassi, Philip]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Lethe Press
Published: 2024-03-29T00:00:00+00:00

BY THE TIME PETE’S SUPERVISOR had arrived, the parking lot was filled with police cars, an ambulance, and a few civilian cars belonging to two of the producers, the First A.D., and the director himself.

Holly’s trailer was lit up by spotlights from the squad cars and men and women wearing latex gloves were moving in and out of it in a steady rhythm while blue-suited officers created a perimeter around the entire parking lot.

Pete had called nine-one-one only minutes after leaving the trailer. What else could he do? She was dead, and there was no way he could wait until morning, pretending nothing was wrong. They’d find her eventually and then he’d probably be suspect numero uno.

So, he’d come up with a story. The truth … minus a few details.

I’d been doing a patrol when I heard a noise from the trailers. I went over to check it out, saw the flash of someone diving into the foliage at the edge of the parking lot. I immediately ran toward the point where the—whatever it had been—had vanished into the trees but stopped short when I saw Ms. Pages’ trailer door open. After calling out and getting no response, I went inside to check if anything had been stolen, trailer thievery being common on movie sets. Once inside, I called out again. I saw then that the bedroom door was open, so I went to the rear of the trailer. That’s when I saw her. At first, I tried to wake her, thinking she was drunk. The trailer stank of booze. When I got no response, I turned her over onto her back, saw her eyes were open and knew … I checked for a pulse, got nothing. I then left the trailer and immediately called nine-one-one. That’s all I know.

The detectives asked him all the questions he’d known they’d ask. Questions about describing what he saw—was it a man? Could he describe him? What was the person wearing? Which way did they run?

A flash of white. That’s it. I’m sorry. Maybe a white t-shirt …? I honestly don’t know.

The detectives had just nodded, taking notes. Pete was surprised they weren’t grilling him harder or trying to make him uncomfortable. He almost felt dismissed from the experience, as if he was someone just passing by and saw something suspicious, rather than a man who had found one of Hollywood’s biggest female stars dead in her trailer. “Can I ask you … how did she die? I hate to suggest anything, but I noticed the pills in there…”

The larger of the two detectives put his notepad away, took out a handkerchief, and blew his nose loudly. The other detective, a wiry bald man with intense eyes, answered.

“We think she was suffocated,” he said abruptly, as if distracted by the question.

Pete nodded, remembering Jimmy’s words. I’m sorry …. She woke up.

“We’ll do all the forensics, and we’ll need some things from you,” the larger detective said, tucking away his handkerchief. “Another statement, your

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