The Luna and her Quadruplet Pups by Jane Above Story

Chapter 82

#Chapter 82- Motive

Ethan

“It’s all taken care of?” I ask, staring down the desk sergeant at the police headquarters.

She nods, averting her eyes from my dominant gaze. “Yes Alpha, Ms. Mechant

will be held at the sanitorium until her trial.”

“Good.” I answer briskly. “I want to be notified the moment a date is set, or if any new developments arise.”

“Yes sir.” She replies obediently. I’m about

to walk away when the detective on my Mother’s case catches my attention.

“Excuse me, Alpha, do you have a moment to talk?” He asks, looking far too pleased

with himself.

“Assuming you have something of consequence to share.” I grumble, closing

the distance between us.

“Of course, sir.” The man agrees, leading me towards his desk, “I would never waste

your time.”

I follow him at a distance, muttering under my breath and trying to guess what fresh hell he might be preparing to thrust me into. Taking the guest chair as he settles in front of his computer, I mentally count to ten, urging myself to have patience.

“Well?” I press when he doesn’t explain why he pulled me aside, “What’s going on? Have you found something?”

“As a matter of fact, we have.” He shares

with a smug smile. “As you know we collected a few boxes of evidence from your

apartment on the night of the murder,

including a number of items from your

mother’s room.”

“And?” I prompt him, wishing he would get to the point.

“Well my team has been going through that

evidence all week, and yesterday one of my

rookies came across a document we

previously missed – one which could explain your ex-wife’s motive for the

crime.”

hackles raise. If the obnoxious investigator doesn’t stop insisting Jane is responsible for my mother’s murder despite my repeated orders to investigate Eve, I’m going to

smile widens, and he slides a piece of paper in a clear evidence bag across the table, and I snatch it up, scanning the contents of the form. The logo of an out-of- territory laboratory is stamped at the top, and

of obscure biological markers and alleles, with each of the quadruplets’ names and my

understand the specifics,

read a percentage

column are the words, probability

%.

think I held off having the tests run myself because deep down I was afraid she was telling the truth. Apparently my mother had no such reservations. She had the tests run without telling anyone, and now I have all the

find this?” I ask hoarsely, feeling more

this

guilt, rather than the joy of my

it for a bill at first,

someone went

we found it.”

must have been waiting to tell me.” I muse, wondering how soon after she received the results she met her untimely

end.

The investigator theorizes. “Maybe she was going to use the test results to

to give you custody. Maybe she tried to confront her with it, and lost her life

result.”

quite a leap.” I grouse, still staring at the page with

Jane didn’t have a motive to kill Petra all along, but I’ve seen people killed for far weaker reasons than

believe that Jane killed her

I demand, waving the report in the air. “If that were the case, why did she leave the report for you to find? If she knew this existed and was willing to kill to hide it, why didn’t she destroy

ran before she could look for

the call reporting my

death. If she ran out, she

and she would have had ample

–

arrived.” I counter, feeling more frustrated

minute.

head. “You’re infatuated with her and you don’t

to accept it sooner

later.”

Eve?” I question. “Have you

anything I’ve told

Alpha,

I reserve the right to run my investigations as I see fit.”

long as you remain on the force.” I remind

hard about how badly you’re willing to

rife with indignation, ” Are you threatening me?” He exclaims

outrage.

growl than a true laugh. “Was that

the insolent wolf, I continue, “if

job, I suggest

a lot better than

run your department, but I am your boss’s, boss’s boss.”

tries to glower up at

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