Read Online FIRST ONE DOWN: A Paul Sutton Novel by R.J. Belle - Free Book Online Page A
Authors: R.J. Belle
Tags: Fiction
Ads: Link
another heart attack old man, hold on," the line went silent while Ryan hunted down the address.
Sutton plugged the address into the navigation unit and headed towards the station in complete disbelief that he had finally gotten a new lead.
CHAPTER 15
Andrew awoke, the unfamiliar surroundings of his temporary housing startling him as he opened his eyes. Groggy from another restless night he strolled towards the coffee maker, brewed a pot and sat down at the small table in what was supposed to be a dining area. His hand strayed absently to Laura's cell phone records, his fingers shuffling the corners as his mind sorted information. He had come across her assistant's phone number as well as a few other numbers that had appeared multiple times in the weeks leading up to Laura's murder. He wanted to track down the owners of all of those numbers, but hadn't put much effort into it until now. Early on in the investigation, he had studied those call records repeatedly. He had been in contact with Laura's assistant, Inez Hernandez, the day after Laura's memorial service. She had insisted that she’d had no idea where Laura was the night of her murder and because that night was Christmas Eve, Andrew believed Inez and didn't press the issue with her.
Andrew had yet to meet Inez in person. Today was a personal day off, and he would start on a game plan for his own investigation. The first item on his list was to contact Inez and try to arrange a meeting with her. Dialing her phone number, Andrew was unsure how to begin the conversation and when he heard her voice after just one ring, he found himself frozen briefly, "Hell...Hello Inez?"
"Yes, this is Inez, how can I help you?" she said, sounding very professional.
"Um...hi Inez, this is Andrew Carmichael, I don't know if you remember my wi..."
She cut him off mid sentence, "Yes, of course I remember Laura. I am so sorry that I have not contacted you, it was just a...it was a horrible situation," she said.
"Yes, it was, it still is. Inez, I would like to meet with you to go over Laura's last few weeks here in San Diego, or, um... her last few weeks. Can I meet you today or sometime this week? I won't take much of your time..."
Cutting him off mid-sentence again, she said, "I don't know that I can offer you any other information. I have already told the detectives everything I know, Mr. Carmichael. I would like to put all of this behind me; it was hard for me too."
"Yes, I am sure it was hard for you Inez, but as you may know, there has not been an arrest in Laura's case, and you were the person here in San Diego that she was closest to. I would really like to meet with you, please?" He said, his voice beginning to sound desperate.
"Mr. Carmichael, I was not close to Laura. She was a private person, and all I did was handle her business schedule and complete business reports for her. I don't know where she went that night, and I did not keep tabs on her after office hours. I hope they catch the person that did this to her, but I can't help you."
Andrew began to speak and realized that Inez had hung up the phone. He pulled the phone away from his ear, looked at the display and discovered that she had indeed hung up on him. Shaking his head, he set the phone down and began to look through the other numbers on the phone bill. He started with the last outgoing and incoming calls. The very last phone call was an incoming call from a number that had come up at least ten times in the weeks leading up to Laura's murder. None of the calls were longer than two minutes each, and all of the calls associated with that number were outgoing calls Laura made to that number. There was only one call made from that number to Laura's cell phone and it was the last call Laura received. There were hundreds of texts involving that number also, back and forth between Laura's number and the number in question. Andrew took a notebook out and wrote himself a note to ask Sutton about this number and
Sutton plugged the address into the navigation unit and headed towards the station in complete disbelief that he had finally gotten a new lead.
CHAPTER 15
Andrew awoke, the unfamiliar surroundings of his temporary housing startling him as he opened his eyes. Groggy from another restless night he strolled towards the coffee maker, brewed a pot and sat down at the small table in what was supposed to be a dining area. His hand strayed absently to Laura's cell phone records, his fingers shuffling the corners as his mind sorted information. He had come across her assistant's phone number as well as a few other numbers that had appeared multiple times in the weeks leading up to Laura's murder. He wanted to track down the owners of all of those numbers, but hadn't put much effort into it until now. Early on in the investigation, he had studied those call records repeatedly. He had been in contact with Laura's assistant, Inez Hernandez, the day after Laura's memorial service. She had insisted that she’d had no idea where Laura was the night of her murder and because that night was Christmas Eve, Andrew believed Inez and didn't press the issue with her.
Andrew had yet to meet Inez in person. Today was a personal day off, and he would start on a game plan for his own investigation. The first item on his list was to contact Inez and try to arrange a meeting with her. Dialing her phone number, Andrew was unsure how to begin the conversation and when he heard her voice after just one ring, he found himself frozen briefly, "Hell...Hello Inez?"
"Yes, this is Inez, how can I help you?" she said, sounding very professional.
"Um...hi Inez, this is Andrew Carmichael, I don't know if you remember my wi..."
She cut him off mid sentence, "Yes, of course I remember Laura. I am so sorry that I have not contacted you, it was just a...it was a horrible situation," she said.
"Yes, it was, it still is. Inez, I would like to meet with you to go over Laura's last few weeks here in San Diego, or, um... her last few weeks. Can I meet you today or sometime this week? I won't take much of your time..."
Cutting him off mid-sentence again, she said, "I don't know that I can offer you any other information. I have already told the detectives everything I know, Mr. Carmichael. I would like to put all of this behind me; it was hard for me too."
"Yes, I am sure it was hard for you Inez, but as you may know, there has not been an arrest in Laura's case, and you were the person here in San Diego that she was closest to. I would really like to meet with you, please?" He said, his voice beginning to sound desperate.
"Mr. Carmichael, I was not close to Laura. She was a private person, and all I did was handle her business schedule and complete business reports for her. I don't know where she went that night, and I did not keep tabs on her after office hours. I hope they catch the person that did this to her, but I can't help you."
Andrew began to speak and realized that Inez had hung up the phone. He pulled the phone away from his ear, looked at the display and discovered that she had indeed hung up on him. Shaking his head, he set the phone down and began to look through the other numbers on the phone bill. He started with the last outgoing and incoming calls. The very last phone call was an incoming call from a number that had come up at least ten times in the weeks leading up to Laura's murder. None of the calls were longer than two minutes each, and all of the calls associated with that number were outgoing calls Laura made to that number. There was only one call made from that number to Laura's cell phone and it was the last call Laura received. There were hundreds of texts involving that number also, back and forth between Laura's number and the number in question. Andrew took a notebook out and wrote himself a note to ask Sutton about this number and
Similar Books
