The Crescendo by John Greenwood

Author:John Greenwood [Greenwood, John]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-07-08T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 32

“All right, so what you’re telling me is you think this woman was murdered?” Captain Spence asked stroking his beard, his face in disbelief.

Adam looked around the Captain’s office. It had only been hours before that they had gathered the security team in the same room to come up with a plan. He had also learned he would become a father in the very same room. He needed time to figure everything out. Were they going to stay on the Calypso or find a place back in Virginia? He had already told Nancy he wanted to leave. He wasn’t sure anymore. He wasn’t sure about anything anymore. How had they gotten to the point of calling an accident a murder, but that’s what was happening. Nothing made sense anymore. He hadn’t slept more than a few hours since this started and more importantly neither had Nancy. He had to get her off the case, even though he knew she would never budge. She was carrying a baby, their baby. They couldn’t let the job overtake their lives, but it was and he felt his heart growing heavier by the minute. “I’m afraid so Captain. We haven’t proved it, but it is looking that way. I still can’t believe it myself, but there was definitely some kind of chemical added to the surface.”

Captain Spence twirled a ball point pen in his fingers. “Someone could have spilled something right?”

“I thought the same thing, but then we looked into the victim’s background and it’s just like the others. Someone is targeting certain passengers and I think they are following that pattern I told you about. Hold on a second.” Adam frantically began dialing his cell. As soon as Nancy answered he said, “Nancy, why don’t you separate all the passengers who have little or false background info now that we know what he is targeting.” He thought he heard her quietly laugh. “We’re already doing that my dear. James and I have already found six or so names that seem to have the same kind of background.”

“Parker is there?” Adam felt his pulse rate pickup. This was the guy they suspected of performing these murders and he was probably only a few feet from his wife.

“Yep, he is right here helping me out.” She responded.

“All right just be careful.”

“I’ll be fine. I need to get back to work. I love ya.”

“Love you too.” He heard the phone click.

“She’ll be fine Adam. I know it’s tough but she’s a tough woman.” Captain Spence calmly said.

“I know it’s just different now that she’s pregnant.”

Captain Spence folded his arms across his chest. “You know it’s one of God’s little secrets.” He looked directly at Adam. “He made woman stronger than men. Could you imagine if we had to go through that for nine months?” Adam shook his head. “Trust me Adam I have seen it first hand and it’s not easy.”

“You’re right Captain.”

“I’m not comfortable putting this out to the passengers unless we know definitively that it was a murder and not an accident.

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