#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.”
despite my repeated orders
and he slides a piece of paper in a clear evidence bag across the table, and I snatch it up, scanning the
a table full of obscure biological markers and alleles, with each of the
really understand the specifics, but I
to read a
and at the bottom of each column are the
%.
felt confident that Jane was lying when she told me the pups were Eric’s, but I 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
this?” I ask hoarsely, feeling more emotional than I
this
he takes the thick emotion clogging my throat as belief in Jane’s guilt, rather than the joy of my paternity’s confirmation, because he’s grinning
for a bill at
went
we found
have been waiting to tell me.” I muse, wondering how soon after she received the results she met
end.
she didn’t plan on telling you at all.” The investigator theorizes. “Maybe she was going to use the test
give you custody. Maybe she tried to confront her with it, and lost her
result.”
at the page with utter reverence. They’re
Jane didn’t have a motive to kill Petra all along, but I’ve seen people killed for far weaker reasons than this.”1
believe that Jane
“If that were the case, why did she leave the report for you to
find it. Maybe she panicked and ran before she
she made the
If she ran out, she
back in and she would have had
–
before you arrived.” I counter, feeling more frustrated by
minute.
his head. “You’re infatuated with her and you don’t want to believe she’d do
to have to
later.”
even begun looking into Eve?” I question. “Have you given a single thought
told you about her.”
Alpha, you
I reserve the right to run my
you remain on
how badly you’re willing to risk
chest, rife with indignation, ” Are you threatening me?” He exclaims in
outrage.
chuckle, though it sounds closer to a growl than a true laugh. “Was that not clear?”
wolf, I continue, “if
your job, I suggest you start
it a hell of a lot better
your department, but I am your boss’s, boss’s boss.”
feathers, he tries to glower up
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