The Reunion by Edward Kendrick

Author:Edward Kendrick [Kendrick, Edward]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2018-10-20T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 6

“Thank you for coming in,” Detective Payne said by way of greeting when he met Kev in the station house waiting area mid Monday morning.

Kev nodded. It wasn’t like I had a choice. When a cop says ‘I want to talk with you’ and tells you when, you obey.

Payne took him down a hallway into a small room that Kev immediately surmised, from the table in the center with a chair on either side, was for interrogations. Payne gestured for him to take a seat, then sat opposite him just as the door opened. Detective Walters entered, going to lean against the wall behind Payne, his arms crossed as he surveyed Kev.

“We have a few questions for you pertaining to Saturday night and the murder of Mr. Hale,” Payne said.

“Ask away,” Kev replied. “I told you everything I remembered, but…” He shrugged.

“You were seen by two witnesses walking toward the hallway leading to the storage room at about the time Mr. Hale was murdered.”

“I started that way, to use the men’s room. I changed my mind when I saw two other guys and a woman already there. She looked like she was about to enter the ladies’ room, or,” he frowned, “maybe she was leaving it. The men were between her and me. I figured I’d better get the drinks and take them back to the thirsty hordes first.” He gave them what he hoped was a winning smile. “I wasn’t that desperate and the men’s room is only large enough for two guys at a time.”

Payne nodded. “According to one witness, you actually went into the hallway.”

“He, or she, is mistaken,” Kev said adamantly.

“Did you recognize the people you claim you saw?” Walters asked, sounding as if he didn’t believe him.

“No. I was at the reunion as Neil Stafford’s guest.” He was tempted to remind him that he and Neil had already told them that, but he didn’t want to antagonize either of them, given the situation he seemed to be in. “The only people I knew were ones he introduced me to. Besides, I only saw them from behind or in the woman’s case, a brief side view.”

“What were they wearing, what color hair?”

“Let me think. I wasn’t paying that much attention.” He closed his eyes, trying to picture the situation. “The men had dark blond and brown hair respectively, well styled. One, the blond, wore a blue shirt, I think. The other guy was in black slacks and a white shirt. The woman had long hair, black with a tint of red. I wouldn’t have noticed that if the color hadn’t reminded me of a woman I work with. Her dress was maybe teal, maybe green, knee-length.” He looked at Payne. “Does that help?”

“Tint as if she’d had it streaked?” Payne asked.

“No. I think it was natural although I wasn’t close enough to say for certain.”

Payne added that to his notes. “Now, back to you. According to Mr. Greg Riley it took you at least fifteen minutes to get the drinks for the table.

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