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.”

investigator doesn’t stop insisting Jane is responsible for my mother’s murder despite my

up, scanning

the words: DNA Test Results; For Personal Knowledge only. Below this is a table full of obscure biological markers and alleles, with each of the quadruplets’ names and my own in the column headers.

the specifics,

to read a percentage

of each column are the words, probability

%.

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

I ask hoarsely, feeling more emotional than I

to this man.

in Jane’s guilt, rather than the joy of my paternity’s confirmation, because he’s

a bill

went

we found

I muse, wondering how soon after she received the results she met her

end.

The investigator theorizes. “Maybe she was going

tried to confront her with

result.”

a leap.” I grouse, still staring at the page with utter reverence. They’re mine. They’re really mine.

motive to kill Petra all along, but I’ve seen people killed for far weaker reasons than

that Jane killed

for you to find? If she knew this existed and was willing to kill to hide it, why didn’t she destroy it?”

she panicked and ran before she could look for

she made the

death. If she ran out, she had

back in and she would have had

–

you arrived.” I counter, feeling more frustrated by

minute.

Alpha.” The detective tells me, shaking his head. “You’re infatuated with her and you don’t want to believe she’d do this, but all

to

later.”

even begun looking into Eve?” I question.

anything I’ve told you

respect, Alpha,

right to run my investigations as I

have that right as long as you remain on the force.”

think long and hard about how badly you’re willing to risk

puffs up his chest, rife with indignation, ” Are you

outrage.

though it sounds closer to a growl than a

insolent wolf, I continue,

job, I suggest you start

of a lot better than you

run your department, but I

he tries to glower up

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