The Lunatic Detective by Sharon Sala

Author:Sharon Sala
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Publisher: Bell Bridge Books
Published: 2011-11-07T23:00:00+00:00

Chapter Seven

Sometimes it sucked to be right. Tara stood beside the open grave, her arms wrapped around herself even though it was a warm night. She wished she could wrap her arms around DeeDee.

Suddenly, Tara looked up and caught Detective Rutherford staring at her. He stood with his hands in his pockets, shaking his head in disbelief.

“It’s time,” she said.

“For what?” Rutherford asked.

“Get Emmit.”

He glanced down at the skeleton slowly being revealed, then nodded. “Yeah.”

He took a cell phone out of his pocket and made a quick call. Since the police were still holding Emmit Broyles at the precinct for questioning, it was simple to get him here.

“Has Emmit said anything?” Tara asked, when Rutherford hung up.

“Denied the whole thing. Claims the only reason he says he doesn’t have a sister is because she ran away with a bunch of hippies when she was young. Says he hasn’t heard from her in years and doesn’t know where she is.”

“But we do, don’t we?” Tara said softly.

“Sure looks like it,” Rutherford said, then glanced at his watch. “They’ll be here soon.”

Tara looked back into the hole, staring at the skull, arm bones, and the partially revealed ribcage of DeeDee Broyles. “She’s not going anywhere.” Then DeeDee popped up beside Tara, swamping her with emotional gratitude. “At least not for a while,” she added.

Nate joined them, and they all stood guard above the hole, waiting for DeeDee’s resurrection and Emmit’s arrival.

Fifteen minutes later, two uniformed officers came through the back gate with Emmit Broyles between them. Emmit was already uneasy, but when he saw the lights strung up across the back yard, and that they were excavating, he stopped.

“Bring him over!” Rutherford called, but Emmit wasn’t moving.

The two officers grabbed Emmit’s arms and forcibly pulled him forward.

Uncle Pat put a hand on Tara’s shoulder. “Good Lord, Tara. You weren’t kidding when you said he’s scary. He’s huge. I can’t believe you faced him down alone.”

Nate just shook his head. “You’re going to be something else again when you’re all grown up.”

Tara was entirely focused on Emmit. She could feel his panic and the sickness in his belly, but she had no sympathy for any of it. All of her sympathies were with DeeDee.

“You have no right to treat me this way,” Emmit roared, and struggled to get free.

“There’s something we want you to see.” Rutherford pointed down into the pit.

It appeared as if Emmit would faint. He staggered, then pulled himself together and walked forward. When the officers reached the edge of the grave, they stopped.

Emmit wouldn’t look down. Instead, he glared across at Tara.

Now she felt something besides fear. His rage at what she’d done was huge. If he could have gotten to her, he would have put his hands around her neck and squeezed.

All of a sudden, Tara gasped. That was it! That’s how he had killed DeeDee. He grabbed her from behind and broke her neck. But why? The house was small. Even when it was new, it wasn’t like it would have been worth any kind of fortune.

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