Vials by Alec Peche

Author:Alec Peche [Peche, Alec]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: GBSW Publishing
Published: 2013-11-29T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter 18

Jill hung up the phone thinking of Lott. He sounded like a completely corrupt official. The opposite of what Graeme appeared to be. So what was the connection? Corruption was one thing, but murder seemed like a whole other level of criminal behavior. It sounded like Lott had sufficient funds to hire an assassin to do his killing for him. He behaved more like an intellectual bully and white-collar criminal than a murderous one. She would see if Jo or Marie had any time to look into him from a financial or personal perspective.

Just then an e-mail arrived from Angela regarding Lott. In the rare instance that Angela had something negative to say regarding another person, her criticism was generally couched in the mildest adjectives possible. Jill kept that in mind when reading Angela’s e-mail.

At the time I met Jeffrey Lott, I took him at face value, expecting him to express sadness over Graeme’s death. He did express regret. But now that I think back to his actual words, I think he commented he regretted that we had to investigate his death not the death itself...He tried to look down his nose at me despite the fact that I was 3 inches taller than he was. Although I can't specifically tell you why, I don't think he was telling the truth. Maybe there was a secondary meaning to all of his words, I couldn't tell. I asked him for his impression of Graeme's frame of mind when they met, and he said “Graeme seemed preoccupied about “something” and I assumed it was his upcoming wedding”. He stated that with the faintest of smirks, which I hadn’t thought about until you asked. I had my answers, and I didn’t like the man, so I brought the conversation to an end.

On a secondary note, he lived in a lavish colonial house with views of the Atlantic Ocean, a Puerto Rican version of the mansion that Graeme inhabited. As land was cheaper, the grounds were far more extravagant, and the interior had too much bling for my taste.

If I think of anything more, I’ll drop you another e-mail. Got to run. Angela.

Angela's e-mail confirmed that Lott was worthy of further investigation. There was just something not right there. Jill did a search and located a picture of Lott. She decided to try a technique that she had seen on television cop shows. As she was unable to visit her local office supply store with her shooter on the loose, she pulled out a box of freezer paper to create a sort of bulletin board on her office wall. She taped to the thick white freezer paper pictures of everyone involved in the case. She had a picture of Graeme St. Louis, Emma Spencer, Luis Gonzales, Jeffrey Lott, Aleksandra Gora, the as yet un-named man found dead in the harbor in San Juan, Angela, and herself. Then she rearranged the pictures to create a family tree, a visual of all the players.

It was late morning, and Jill had just gotten off the phone with Nathan and was starting to think of lunch.

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