The Hidden Grave by Dominika Best

Author:Dominika Best [Best, Dominika]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Dupin Press
Published: 2020-02-25T16:00:00+00:00

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Day 5 - Morning

October 1, 2018

Harri arrived at Andrew Becker’s ten story office headquarters in the center of Eugene early. She lied about an appointment with Andrew Becker that got her to ride up the elevator to his tenth-floor office. She was halfway there and hoped the rest of her ploy would work.

Jake Tepesky had stayed behind at the Inn to search the NamUs database for boys that had gone missing between the years of 1994-1995. He hoped to match the faces of the boys in the photo with those in the database. If they could connect faces to names, they’d be able to talk to relatives about where the boys had gone that summer.

The elevator opened up to the penthouse offices of Andrew Becker. It was showtime. Harri pulled her badge out and readied herself to get to see Andrew Becker by any means possible.

“May I help you?” the young blond secretary asked. If Harri imagined the perfect secretary for a billionaire, this woman would be it. Big round blue eyes and short blonde hair made the perky young woman the picture of innocence and youth. The woman had to be just out of college. Harri put on her best smile.

“Hi there. I’m here to see Mr. Andrew Becker,” Harri said.

“Do you have an appointment?” the secretary asked.

Harri flashed her badge at the woman. “I’d like to talk to him about a case I’m working on.” The woman looked at Harri’s badge closer. She was sharp. Harri had to give her that.

“This badge is from Los Angeles. Are you working with the Eugene Police Department?” the secretary asked. Harri knew that Eugene PD had to be all over Andrew Becker regarding his son’s death.

“I'm not investigating Chris Becker’s suspicious death. Rather, I’m here about a crime that happened about 20 years ago to Chris Becker,” she explained. The woman picked up the phone and dialed a number.

“I have a detective here to see you from the Los Angeles Police Department about a crime committed over 20 years ago,” she said.

The secretary listened and then nodded. She hung up the phone and turned to Harri.

“Mr. Becker will see you,” she said.

Harri stepped back in surprise. She didn't think it would that easy. Weary of what she would find in that office, she nodded and stepped up to the large oak double doors.

She opened the door and stepped into a massive office. A massive desk sat in the middle of the room, a gray-haired mustached man wearing a baseball cap sitting behind it.

“I heard the LAPD was sniffing around my son,” Andrew Becker said.

“I'm actually more interested in your son as a victim and not as a perpetrator,” Harri said.

That got the old man's attention.

He waved his hand.

“Sit,” he demanded.

Harri bristled at the command but obeyed knowing she needed this man's cooperation.

“What are you talking about Chris being a victim?” he asked.

“Did your son ever go to a camp during the summer of 1995?” she asked.

“Why?” he asked suspiciously.

“I'm going to be really upfront with you, Mr.

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