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.”

mother’s murder despite my repeated orders to investigate Eve,

across the table, and I snatch it up, scanning the contents of the form. The logo of an out-of- territory laboratory

table full of obscure biological markers and alleles, with each

understand the specifics, but

to read a percentage easily

at the bottom of each column are the words,

%.

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 reservations.

find this?” I ask hoarsely, feeling more emotional than I would

to this man.

clogging my throat as belief in Jane’s guilt, rather than the joy of my paternity’s confirmation, because he’s grinning more broadly than ever. “It

it for a bill at first, it

until someone went

we found

me.” I muse, wondering how soon after she received the results she met her untimely

end.

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

confront her with it, and lost

result.”

still staring at the page with utter reverence. They’re mine. They’re really

have a motive

really believe that

did she leave the report for you to find? If she knew this

panicked and ran before she could look for it.” He ponders.

she made the

death. If she ran out, she had to

back in and she would have

–

search before you arrived.” I counter, feeling

minute.

his head. “You’re infatuated with her and you don’t want to believe she’d do this, but all the evidence points

have to accept

later.”

even begun looking into Eve?” I question.

anything I’ve told

Alpha,

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

as long as you remain on the force.” I remind him.

about how

with indignation, ”

outrage.

than a true laugh. “Was that not clear?” Standing

I continue, “if you

job,

a hell of a lot better than you have

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

his feathers, he tries to glower

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