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, I’m going to lose my temper. “And what document is that?” I

I snatch it up, scanning the contents of the form. The logo of an out-of-

Test Results; For Personal Knowledge only. Below this is a table full of obscure biological markers and alleles, with each of the quadruplets’ names

don’t really understand the specifics, but I

read a percentage

at the bottom of each column are the words, probability of paternity: 100

%.

myself because deep down I was afraid

find this?” I ask hoarsely, feeling more emotional

to this man.

emotion clogging my throat as belief in Jane’s guilt, rather than the

mistook it for a bill at first, it

went through

that we found it.”

muse, wondering how soon after she received the

end.

didn’t plan on telling you at all.” The investigator theorizes. “Maybe she was going to use the test results

tried to confront her with it, and lost her life as a

result.”

the page with

argues, “You’ve been telling me Jane didn’t have a motive to kill Petra all along, but I’ve seen people

that Jane

report in the air. “If that were the case, why did she leave the report for you to find? If she

and ran before she could look

the call reporting

death. If she ran out, she

and she

–

search before you arrived.” I counter, feeling more frustrated

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,

going to have to accept it sooner

later.”

looking into Eve?” I question. “Have you given

told you about her.”

all do respect, Alpha, you run the

to run my investigations as I see fit.” He

as you remain on the force.” I remind him. “If I

think long and hard about how badly

” Are you

outrage.

to a growl than

the insolent wolf, I continue,

job, I

of a lot better than you

I might not run your department, but I am your boss’s,

he tries

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