You Can't Hide by Karen Rose

Author:Karen Rose
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: Mistery
Publisher: Grand Central
Published: 2010-04-29T21:00:00+00:00

Wednesday, March 15, 3:10 P.M.

Aidan looked up at the store sign with a sigh. It was the third Wires-N-Widgets store in the Chicagoland area. The next nearest store was in Milwaukee, an hour away. “Three strikes and you’re out,” he murmured and Murphy frowned.

“It could be that the third time’s a charm, Aidan.”

“Yeah. Cut the smokes and see if you’re still so damn chipper.” He was discouraged and growing more so. With every hour they didn’t have Bacon in custody the chances of some wanker seeing Tess on a Web site went up. He didn’t want to have to tell her they’d failed, to see the worry in her eyes.

They went into the store and up to the front counter where a beefy man stood sorting parts. The name tag on his Wires-N-Widgets polo shirt said GUS.

Murphy laid Bacon’s picture on the table and Aidan saw Gus flinch. “Bacon doesn’t work here anymore,” Gus said and turned back to the pile of tiny parts.

Murphy leaned against the counter. “Why not?”

The man took out a stack of small plastic bags and starting dropping a single part into each bag. “Because the boss fired him.” Aidan put his hand on the bags and Gus looked up, pissed. “I have to have these bagged by the end of my damn shift, okay?”

Aidan leaned closer until he was inches from the big man’s nose. “This is a homicide investigation, sir. I really don’t care if you get your capacitors bagged or not, but I can promise you won’t if you don’t start talking to us now. Answer the question. Why did your boss fire David Bacon?”

The man’s eyes widened. “Homicide? Bacon killed somebody?”

“We didn’t say that,” Aidan said. “He might know somebody who did.”

Gus sighed and dropped his voice. “We don’t want any publicity over this.”

Aidan and Murphy glanced at each other. “Did he steal something?” Murphy asked.

Gus shook his head. “Worse. We found cameras in the ladies’. Looked into Bacon’s record and found out he’d lied on his app. Said he’d never been arrested, but he’d gone to jail for…” He leaned forward. “Spying on high school girls,” he whispered.

“We know,” Murphy said blandly. “Didn’t you guys do a background check?”

Gus flushed. “They’re expensive,” he mumbled and the picture was clearer.

“Your boss cut a corner and now he’s afraid his ass is on the line,” Aidan said.

Gus gave him a dirty look. “Something like that.”

“So when did Bacon get fired?” Murphy asked.

“About a month ago.”

“His mother still has all his shirts,” Murphy said and Gus grimaced.

“She can keep ’em. Man always smelled like cat piss. We’d never get those shirts clean. My boss just wanted him gone. We didn’t want to get sued by any ladies.”

“He leave a forwarding address for his paycheck?” Aidan pressed.

“No. Sorry.” Gus frowned when they just looked at him. “I’m not lying. My boss said he wasn’t going to get his last paycheck and that if he ever set foot in this store again he’d call the cops for sure.

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