By Melinda Wells
Della Carmichael's sweetie pie Nicholas drops a bomb-he has a teenage daughter, now dwelling with him. while the daughter's good friend is located murdered, the protecting Nicholas is a suspect, and Della needs to locate the true killer earlier than all of them get burned.
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What else did you supply her? ” Nicholas requested. “Nothing. only a reproduction of the telephone dumps. ” I requested, “When used to be the final time you observed Gretchen? ” “This morning—I suggest the day before today morning. Tuesday. She was once learning the telephone numbers while I left to visit the fitness center. ” “Can you turn out you have been on the fitness center? ” “Sure. everyone observed me. Wait a minute—you don’t imagine I killed her. Do you? ” He stared at me, horrified, his face grey. I stated lightly, “We’re simply attempting to fix things out. ” “When did you come back to the house? ” Nicholas requested. His eyes have been watering back. “About 11. Gretch was once long past. She stated she’d you have to be the following so shall we have lunch jointly. I lay all the way down to look forward to her. while I awakened it was once nearly 3 and he or she wasn’t again. I needed to hustle simply because I’m at the 4 to dead night. ” Nicholas stated, “Do the law enforcement officials understand you have been dwelling jointly? ” Downey shook his head. “No. i used to be simply coming off responsibility whilst I heard about—heard her identify. I didn’t think it. I got here the following. . . . ” “They’re going to determine concerning the of you, and you’ll be lower than suspicion except you could account on your time the day past earlier than you went on duty,” I stated. “Can you? ” He frowned in suggestion, and pinched the bridge of his nostril together with his thumb and forefinger. “I used to be on the health club from 8 o’clock. a lot of people observed me. I labored out with a few men. I instructed you I got here domestic approximately 11 and fell asleep. whilst I awakened, i used to be hungry. I referred to as Barry—that’s my associate, Officer Willis. We met on the Burger King close to the station correct approximately 3 fifteen. whereas we have been consuming, Gretch referred to as, all excited. acknowledged she was once on her technique to see a person and could inform me approximately it whilst I acquired domestic. She sought after me to make certain to wake her up if she was once slumbering. ” Nicholas used to be skeptical. “I don’t be aware of if the police officers will purchase that tale. ” “They need to. I’d long past to the crapper, left my cellphone at the desk. whilst she known as, Barry responded. He talked to her first. ” “He is aware her voice? ” I requested. “Sure. Gretch and me exit much with Barry and his lady. besides, correct after she known as, Barry and me went to the station to ascertain in. We have been jointly for all time till nighttime. ” Downey seemed from me to Nicholas and again to me, a plea in his eyes. “I recognize my creating a replica of the telephone dumps appears to be like bad—okay, it was once relatively wrong—but I swear to God, on my mother’s existence, Gretch promised no matter what she discovered which may support transparent the Redding case, she’d flip it correct over to Lieutenant O’Hara or Detective Weaver. All she sought after was once to make a reputation for herself as a reporter. ” whatever appeared to take place to Downey and he sat up straighter. “You . . . you’re doing an unlawful seek. I reside the following. I bought domestic and located you with—” it appears he learned the place that sentence used to be heading. He slumped back. “You discovered us with fabric that you simply stole from an LAPD investigation,” I acknowledged. The room used to be silent for a second. Nicholas’s expression was once considerate. I guessed we have been considering pretty well an analogous factor: that we should always flip Officer Downey in for what he did, yet then we’d need to confess how we discovered.