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Chris took the printouts and flipped through them. Kalina waited with baited breath for him to act. It wasn’t that she wanted Savannah to be guilty but everything was pointing that way. Then again, maybe Blake was right and she’d gone into her marriage to Thomas with ulterior motives. Chris set the papers down in front of him and turned to Jimmy before standing up.
“Detective, what are you doing?” Jimmy’s face failed to mask his confusion.
“This is your information, Jimmy. I think you should question our witness about what you found.”
Kalina smiled as Chris stepped back and let Jimmy sit down. Jimmy would become a good cop one way or another and it made her a little proud to know she had a hand in it. Jimmy licked his lips and clasped his hands in front of him on the table.
“Well … Mrs. Chase we’ve found records that show your home is in the middle of the development zone.”
“What information is that?” her attorney asked.
Jimmy slid the printout of the zoning plan across the table and waited while the lawyer looked it over.
“And we also found out that you own the home outright. We have the land records that show Mr. Chase transferred the deed to you two years ago.” He slid the second page across the table.
“Is there a question, Officer?”
“Well, it just seems suspicious that your husband would work for the people who are trying to buy out the rest of that area and then end up dead. I mean I suppose with him gone, there’s no one to protest when you sell the house. I mean, if it were me, that’s what I’d do.”
“I didn’t kill anyone,” Savannah said quietly.
“But you know who did. And we think you had knowledge of it beforehand. If you tell us everything you know, we’ll talk to the prosecutor about being lenient,” Chris said from his spot by the door.
Even over a monitor, Kalina could see the color drain from Savannah’s cheeks. Her shoulders hunched and she suddenly looked very frail. Her attorney looked between Jimmy and Chris and then loudly cleared his throat.
“I’d like a minute to speak with my client.”
“Of course,” Chris said.
He and Jimmy left the room and shut the door behind them. Kalina tried to look as if she hadn’t been eavesdropping but Chris fixed her with a half-smile.
“Thank you for that information,” he said.
“That was all Jimmy.”
Jimmy opened his mouth to contradict her but stopped and blushed. “Just trying to do my job.”
“Either way, I think she’s going to confess.”
“You think she’ll identify Mackland as being involved? I wouldn’t put it past him to kill Thomas if he was really going against the company’s orders,” Kalina said.
“I’m pretty sure whatever she tells us will be enough to get a warrant for his arrest.”
She nodded and silence settled between the three of them. Kalina caught glimpses of Savannah huddled in with her attorney. She glanced around the station, suddenly wondering what had become of her sister.
“I think your sister went outside,” Jimmy offered, as if reading her thoughts.
“Thanks. I should go check on her. I think she’s been taking this whole thing personally. She did always have a flair for the dramatic.”
The door to the interrogation room opened behind them and Savannah’s attorney appeared, motioning for them to come back in. Kalina bit her lip, torn between hearing Savannah’s confession and checking on Jillian. If she was quick she might be able to do both. On a hunch, she headed out the front of the building. Jillian sat on a bench to the right of the entrance.
“Hey,” Kalina said and sat down beside her.
“What’s going on?”
“It looks like Savannah was involved in what happened to Thomas. I think she might be confessing.”
“But she’s not a killer.”
“They think someone else killed him but she might have details about who that is. I’m sorry that you got dragged into all this.”
Jillian let out a bitter laugh.
Chris took the printouts and flipped through them. Kalina waited with baited breath for him to act. It wasn’t that she wanted Savannah to be guilty but everything was pointing that way. Then again, maybe Blake was right and she’d gone into her marriage to Thomas with ulterior motives. Chris set the papers down in front of him and turned to Jimmy before standing up.
“Detective, what are you doing?” Jimmy’s face failed to mask his confusion.
“This is your information, Jimmy. I think you should question our witness about what you found.”
Kalina smiled as Chris stepped back and let Jimmy sit down. Jimmy would become a good cop one way or another and it made her a little proud to know she had a hand in it. Jimmy licked his lips and clasped his hands in front of him on the table.
“Well … Mrs. Chase we’ve found records that show your home is in the middle of the development zone.”
“What information is that?” her attorney asked.
Jimmy slid the printout of the zoning plan across the table and waited while the lawyer looked it over.
“And we also found out that you own the home outright. We have the land records that show Mr. Chase transferred the deed to you two years ago.” He slid the second page across the table.
“Is there a question, Officer?”
“Well, it just seems suspicious that your husband would work for the people who are trying to buy out the rest of that area and then end up dead. I mean I suppose with him gone, there’s no one to protest when you sell the house. I mean, if it were me, that’s what I’d do.”
“I didn’t kill anyone,” Savannah said quietly.
“But you know who did. And we think you had knowledge of it beforehand. If you tell us everything you know, we’ll talk to the prosecutor about being lenient,” Chris said from his spot by the door.
Even over a monitor, Kalina could see the color drain from Savannah’s cheeks. Her shoulders hunched and she suddenly looked very frail. Her attorney looked between Jimmy and Chris and then loudly cleared his throat.
“I’d like a minute to speak with my client.”
“Of course,” Chris said.
He and Jimmy left the room and shut the door behind them. Kalina tried to look as if she hadn’t been eavesdropping but Chris fixed her with a half-smile.
“Thank you for that information,” he said.
“That was all Jimmy.”
Jimmy opened his mouth to contradict her but stopped and blushed. “Just trying to do my job.”
“Either way, I think she’s going to confess.”
“You think she’ll identify Mackland as being involved? I wouldn’t put it past him to kill Thomas if he was really going against the company’s orders,” Kalina said.
“I’m pretty sure whatever she tells us will be enough to get a warrant for his arrest.”
She nodded and silence settled between the three of them. Kalina caught glimpses of Savannah huddled in with her attorney. She glanced around the station, suddenly wondering what had become of her sister.
“I think your sister went outside,” Jimmy offered, as if reading her thoughts.
“Thanks. I should go check on her. I think she’s been taking this whole thing personally. She did always have a flair for the dramatic.”
The door to the interrogation room opened behind them and Savannah’s attorney appeared, motioning for them to come back in. Kalina bit her lip, torn between hearing Savannah’s confession and checking on Jillian. If she was quick she might be able to do both. On a hunch, she headed out the front of the building. Jillian sat on a bench to the right of the entrance.
“Hey,” Kalina said and sat down beside her.
“What’s going on?”
“It looks like Savannah was involved in what happened to Thomas. I think she might be confessing.”
“But she’s not a killer.”
“They think someone else killed him but she might have details about who that is. I’m sorry that you got dragged into all this.”
Jillian let out a bitter laugh.
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