The Queen of Hearts (Mountain Springs Mysteries, #1) by J.E. Mann

Author:J.E. Mann [Mann, J.E.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2015-02-11T16:00:00+00:00

RACHEL

We drove in silence for a good ten miles; the best part was that Jake let me drive on the way to the restaurant. I had to go back there; I had the nagging feeling that my reaction to the original crime scene was wrong. I didn’t even get close enough to examine the location the first time. James couldn’t be a part of this. I didn’t want him to be a part of this.

When we arrived I stepped out of the car, the restaurant still had open access which saved us a lot of time making phone calls. I was frantic; the line between business and personal relationships had been crossed. Rationally, in the back of my mind, I assumed eventually I had to choose one or the other when it came to James.

“Care to share why we ended up in this dump again?” Jake inquired after miles of silence. He was already out of the car smoking again as he paced.

“Sorry Jake but we have to look around again; we need to be extremely thorough in our search for this killer.” My emotions must have escaped my intellect because Jake turned on me.

“This wouldn’t have anything to do with James’ name being on the list again would it?” He was more sincere then I wanted to admit. Jake had a way of digging straight down to the core of people’s emotions sometimes. The bad part was I didn’t want to admit that he was right. If I did then I was no longer doing my job as the lead detective on the case.

“No Jake, it doesn’t. Maybe I’m just tired of running in circles while people keep dying.” My voice was almost screaming and Jake’s eyes had widened. He only looked at me that way when he knew I was caught in an emotional trap, and lying about it to save my state of well being.

“Calm down Rach, I don’t like this shit either, we will get everything figured out eventually.” He knew the real reason behind my explosiveness but I was glad that he didn’t push it.

I entered in to the restaurant bypassing the caution tape that adorned the front entrance. The smell was still of charcoal and flesh but it was nowhere near what it had been. I combed the scene from corner to corner, even looking in places that seemed irrelevant like the stock room. Nothing was becoming any clearer to me; eventually I gave up the search. Maybe I really did need to calm down and let my veil of red subside.

Jake decided to drive after letting me detail the restaurant; we drove in silence all the way back to my townhouse. I just needed sleep and a reason to say James was not actually connected to the murders. My splitting tension headache wasn’t helping my mood either. Sadly, Jake was right, James was one of the only people to have access to the place and a motive and I just didn’t want to believe it.

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