Sable Alley by Bridget Bundy

Author:Bridget Bundy [Bundy, Bridget]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2018-12-31T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twenty-One.

The morning briefing has concluded before I make it to the station. DS Green is in her office with Webb. She doesn’t appear to be pleased with him. I wouldn’t be either considering what happened yesterday.

No longer worried about him or his wife, I sit down at my desk and turn on the computer. My plan before setting out on the next leg of my investigation is to put an all-points bulletin out for Finley Price and Erin Mitchell. The baseball bat in their apartment hadn’t come back as the confirmed murder weapon, but until the results are in, I want them in a holding cell. It only takes a few short minutes to get their photograph and description into the bulletin.

Afterwards, I make a phone call to Sam. He’s ready to roll. We meet at the same car he had yesterday, and we drive out to District Seven. It’s the tiniest part of the city, but it still has a lot of people living there, from all walks of life.

We arrive at the address for Harrison Shaw, Ruby Taylor’s friend. Finley mentioned him during the first interview.

Harrison lives in a duplex that looks like a cottage. The right half is a mirror image of the one he lives in, except it’s teal instead of yellow. A white picket fence surrounds the small front yard, and there’s a blue two-seater car parked in the driveway.

I knock on the front door. Immediately, someone tells us to hold on. A young man with a green collar shirt and blue jeans eventually greets us. His brown hair is cut short. Eyes are red. He’s smoking, and his hand is shaking.

“Harrison Shaw, my name is Detective Kipling. This is CSO Clarke.”

“You’re here about Ruby.”

“Yes, sir, we are.”

“Come in.”

Only the necessary furniture is in the living room, laid out to accommodate watching television. A computer tablet is on the table in the dining area. The kitchen is spotless. From what I can tell, no one else seems to be in the house, but I ask Harrison anyway.

“I’m here by myself,” he answers.

“We have a few questions to ask you about Ruby.”

“Okay.”

“Our conversation will be recorded.”

He nods and takes a long draw of his cigarette.

“How do you know Ruby?”

“We’ve been friends for years. We went to school together.”

“How close were you to her?”

“Like I said we were friends. Nothing more than that.”

“When was the last time you saw her?”

“Sunday night.”

According to the medical examiner, Ruby was killed during that time. Another step to possibly solving this case.

“Where did you see her?”

“We were at a ball at Exeter Metro Rail Centre Station.”

What he said doesn’t sound right. I ask, “You mean a party?”

“Yeah, a masquerade party. My friends and I do that every once and a while. Whenever we feel like getting together, we pick a venue, whatever suits us, and we do it up. This time we decided to have it at the train station.”

Now I know why she was wearing a ballgown.

“How many people were there?”

“I couldn’t tell you.

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