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threatened you and your family.”
Rainey had heard it all before. Her answer was the same as it had always been. “You’ll have to ask Chauncey about his motive. If I remember correctly, he told the investigators Dalton pissed him off.” She chuckled a bit nervously, to her chagrin, before adding, “Having spent so much time with that psychopathic pretty-boy, I can certainly understand how that might have happened. Dalton Chambers was a real ass. Hey, you can use that for your quote.”
“Come on, Rainey. Dalton’s murder isn’t the only time you’ve been associated with the death of a prisoner. There was that question about whether you killed Jared Howard, after he was already down on the ground. And you probably let Katie take the fall for shooting the Y-Man. No one had the heart to charge her, even if he was already dying when she pulled the trigger.”
Katie’s had been a righteous kill and Rainey was not going to argue that with this jackass. She dismissed his comment about the Howard shooting. She was cleared of that charge and the real killer was discovered, but the ‘prisoner in custody’ comment got her attention. Despite her better judgment, Rainey took the bait.
“To what other prisoner in custody are you referring?”
“Michael Paul Perry. You remember him, don’t you?” Marty said, with a smirk of satisfaction.
Rainey knew the color drained from her face. She was caught unprepared and let her genuine reaction surface. Too late, she reapplied the mask of no concern. Marty saw it. It seemed to give him the nerve to goad her just a bit more.
“You must remember the eighteen-year-old-boy found hanging in his cell, shortly after speaking to you.”
She offered the standard answer, memorized from years in the bureau. “I can’t comment on that.”
Marty was smug now. Rainey probably should not have made the pants cleaning remark. He dug at her some more.
“That’s okay, plenty of people did want to talk about the sad case of young Mr. Perry. I also found some guards at Central prison willing to state they heard you threaten to kill Dalton Chambers, before the state would have a chance to accomplish that deed. But I think the best quote in my book will come from your old friend at the BAU, Danny McNally.”
Rainey was tired, stressed, and not thinking clearly. Katie and the kids had softened her. The thick skin she wore against intrusions like this had worn thin. She should have walked away, but she said instead, “Danny would never talk to you.”
Gunny stepped up just in time to hear Marty go for the kill shot.
“He may not talk to me, but shall I quote Agent McNally’s Grand Jury testimony? ‘You asked me if I thought Rainey Bell was capable of following through with her threat to kill Dalton Chambers. My answer is yes, under the right circumstances I think she would have.’ See Rainey, even your old partner thinks you did it.”
Bobo picked the most inopportune time to defend himself again. “I swear, I told him I don’t know nothin’. Your other friends might dis’ you, but not ol’ Bobo. I got your back, Rainey.”
Rainey, still staggered by Marty’s revelation, could only manage a terse, “Shut up, Bobo,” aimed in his direction.
Gunny chimed in. “Shit, under the right circumstances, I’d follow through on a few of the threats I’ve made to kill people. I guess it would depend on how motivated I was.”
Damn, none of these so-called allies of hers were helping in the least. Rainey needed to move Marty along, but first she had a question.
“How does a crime novelist get his hands on sealed Grand Jury testimony?”
Marty’s smile stretched from ear to ear. “Not everybody is a fan of the great Rainey Bell. Some people would like to see you get what’s coming to you.”
Before Rainey could say anything else, Gunny stepped up to Marty. “Mister, I don’t know who you are, but my name is Gunnery Sergeant Naomi Pierce, retired U. S. Marine Corps. Oorah!
Rainey had heard it all before. Her answer was the same as it had always been. “You’ll have to ask Chauncey about his motive. If I remember correctly, he told the investigators Dalton pissed him off.” She chuckled a bit nervously, to her chagrin, before adding, “Having spent so much time with that psychopathic pretty-boy, I can certainly understand how that might have happened. Dalton Chambers was a real ass. Hey, you can use that for your quote.”
“Come on, Rainey. Dalton’s murder isn’t the only time you’ve been associated with the death of a prisoner. There was that question about whether you killed Jared Howard, after he was already down on the ground. And you probably let Katie take the fall for shooting the Y-Man. No one had the heart to charge her, even if he was already dying when she pulled the trigger.”
Katie’s had been a righteous kill and Rainey was not going to argue that with this jackass. She dismissed his comment about the Howard shooting. She was cleared of that charge and the real killer was discovered, but the ‘prisoner in custody’ comment got her attention. Despite her better judgment, Rainey took the bait.
“To what other prisoner in custody are you referring?”
“Michael Paul Perry. You remember him, don’t you?” Marty said, with a smirk of satisfaction.
Rainey knew the color drained from her face. She was caught unprepared and let her genuine reaction surface. Too late, she reapplied the mask of no concern. Marty saw it. It seemed to give him the nerve to goad her just a bit more.
“You must remember the eighteen-year-old-boy found hanging in his cell, shortly after speaking to you.”
She offered the standard answer, memorized from years in the bureau. “I can’t comment on that.”
Marty was smug now. Rainey probably should not have made the pants cleaning remark. He dug at her some more.
“That’s okay, plenty of people did want to talk about the sad case of young Mr. Perry. I also found some guards at Central prison willing to state they heard you threaten to kill Dalton Chambers, before the state would have a chance to accomplish that deed. But I think the best quote in my book will come from your old friend at the BAU, Danny McNally.”
Rainey was tired, stressed, and not thinking clearly. Katie and the kids had softened her. The thick skin she wore against intrusions like this had worn thin. She should have walked away, but she said instead, “Danny would never talk to you.”
Gunny stepped up just in time to hear Marty go for the kill shot.
“He may not talk to me, but shall I quote Agent McNally’s Grand Jury testimony? ‘You asked me if I thought Rainey Bell was capable of following through with her threat to kill Dalton Chambers. My answer is yes, under the right circumstances I think she would have.’ See Rainey, even your old partner thinks you did it.”
Bobo picked the most inopportune time to defend himself again. “I swear, I told him I don’t know nothin’. Your other friends might dis’ you, but not ol’ Bobo. I got your back, Rainey.”
Rainey, still staggered by Marty’s revelation, could only manage a terse, “Shut up, Bobo,” aimed in his direction.
Gunny chimed in. “Shit, under the right circumstances, I’d follow through on a few of the threats I’ve made to kill people. I guess it would depend on how motivated I was.”
Damn, none of these so-called allies of hers were helping in the least. Rainey needed to move Marty along, but first she had a question.
“How does a crime novelist get his hands on sealed Grand Jury testimony?”
Marty’s smile stretched from ear to ear. “Not everybody is a fan of the great Rainey Bell. Some people would like to see you get what’s coming to you.”
Before Rainey could say anything else, Gunny stepped up to Marty. “Mister, I don’t know who you are, but my name is Gunnery Sergeant Naomi Pierce, retired U. S. Marine Corps. Oorah!
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