The Edge by David Baldacci
Author:David Baldacci [BALDACCI, DAVID]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Grand Central Publishing
Published: 2023-11-14T00:00:00+00:00
CHAPTER
39
HE LEFT HER THERE BY the fire.
Devine looked back at the house as he sat in the SUV, his spirits as bleak as the weather.
The case had its difficulties, but so did every other challenge heâd confronted. No, it wasnât the case that bothered him so much. It was knowing that no matter what he did he could not make people who were not whole, whole. Not Alex. Not Curtis Silkwell. Not his ex-wife. Not Earl or Annie Palmer. Not anyone whose life had been touched by Jenny Silkwell.
Including me, and I never even knew the woman.
He drove to the police station and found that neither Fuss nor Harper was there. But there was a woman he had been introduced to before. Her name was Mildred James, and she handled the dispatch and all the admin work for the department.
âIâm not sure when theyâll be back,â said James. âCan I do anything for you?â
He sat down across from her. âYou lived here long?â
âI was born here fifty-nine years ago next week.â
âHappy early birthday, then. So you know the Silkwells?â
âOh sure. Wonderful family. Itâs so awful what happened to Jenny. Iâm sure her parents are very upset. Well, I heard Senator Silkwell is not well, so he may not⦠be aware.â
âYou like working here?â
âIf I didnât, I wouldnât. Thereâs never too much to do, I mean nothing that youâd call exciting. And thatâs not a bad thing, donât get me wrong. But with more people moving into the area, we are getting more calls and such. Thereâs even talk of hiring another officer or two.â
âWere you working here when Alex was assaulted?â
âOh, yes. Iâve been working here over twenty years. Thank God whoever attacked her didnât kill her.â
I think they killed part of her, Devine thought.
âWhat can you tell me about the incident?â he asked.
âWell, I was on duty and got the call that a woman had been attacked. I took the information and dispatched the response.â
âWait a minute, who called it in?â
âThe people who found her.â
âHow did they find her?â
âLet me think. Yes, they said they were driving past a spot along the coast and they happened to look out and see something lying there. The husband got out to see what it was while the wife waited in the car. He recognized that it was Alex. He ran back to the car and told his wife to call the police, which she did.â
âAnd then Alex was taken to a hospital where she awoke but couldnât remember anything?â
âThatâs right. That hospital has since closed, it was only ten minutes from here, thank God, or Alex might not have made it. Now, she couldnât give a statement or help in any way. She was clearly in shock and she had a skull fracture. Her life was in danger until they got things under control. The officers searched the area where she was found, but didnât find any evidence worth anything. And they canvassed for witnesses, but no one saw anything.â
âWere her parents in town when it happened?â
âMrs.
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