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the last six weeks, the detective informed her that she was free to go. He added that she shouldn’t leave town in the near future though. Janice escorted Melissa from the interview room and grabbed Logan on the way out. Frustrated and bewildered, the trio headed over to Janice’s office to discuss the strange case. The attorney was more than a little concerned about her client and friend. Melissa and Logan were just as perplexed. Sadly, they knew their only source of information that could help them figure things out was Jason. Being a cop though, Melissa knew he would be unable to discuss the case. She and Logan were on their own.
Chapter 12
Melissa checked her phone on the walk over to the attorney’s office. Jason left a voice mail message apologizing for not being there with her and Logan at the precinct. His boss had him under ‘lock and key’ since he was known to be in a relationship with her. She sighed with annoyance. Logan asked what was wrong, but Melissa just shook her head.
After settling into a small conference room in the attorney’s office space, both Melissa and Logan explained every fact that they knew about the death of Mr. William Hawkins. Janice had already heard most of it, but wanted their sides of the story. They all agreed it was peculiar. The attorney assured her clients that, so far, the police did not have a lot to go on. That was in their favor. At this point, they couldn’t even prove Mr. Hawkins was poisoned despite the dead seagulls. The bread was Melissa’s only connection to the case. The only thing connecting Logan was that he found Mr. Hawkins dead. However, finding a dead person was not a crime. Janice was confident Logan was completely in the clear. However, Melissa was another matter. How did her bread become poisoned? They needed to know at what point the bread was poisoned. If after baking, then she was fine. Anyone could have introduced the poison after baking though.
What really bothered the young lawyer was there was no motive whatsoever for Melissa to want Mr. Hawkins dead. In that aspect, the police department had nothing. Melissa admitted she barely knew the man. He never even came to her bakery. She only ever saw his wife. Mrs. Hawkins came into the shop fairly often. Logan was friends with their granddaughter, Emily. Otherwise, they had no connection to the family whatsoever. After she jotted down some notes from their conversation, Janice encouraged them both to go about their daily lives. If the cops called on them again, they should have her number on speed dial. “One last thing…can your boyfriend help us out with any additional information about the case? I doubt Detective Sunshine told us everything they know today,” Janice asked. Sadly, Melissa didn’t believe Jason would be allowed to help them. The attorney drove them home. Just in case reporters had been informed the two had been hauled into the police department for questioning, she didn’t want them harassed.
Later that night, Melissa cooked ‘breakfast for dinner’. Biscuits and gravy with sausage links and eggs served as comfort food for the duo. Afterwards, they decided the best way to get their minds off their current dilemma was to ‘veg’ in front of the television. That was a huge mistake. The local news popped up on the screen first. The same obnoxious reporter from News Channel 9 conducted an interview with Joseph Hawkins, the son of the deceased Mr. Hawkins.
The younger Hawkins spoke eloquently about his beloved father and his love for his family. His tone changed to one of anger as he verbally throttled the Kill Devil Hills police department for the rushed determination that his father died of natural causes. He admitted to the reporter that the police would never have reopened the case if he hadn’t threatened them to do it. “Good thing I did that. Otherwise, we never would have discovered my father was actually poisoned
Chapter 12
Melissa checked her phone on the walk over to the attorney’s office. Jason left a voice mail message apologizing for not being there with her and Logan at the precinct. His boss had him under ‘lock and key’ since he was known to be in a relationship with her. She sighed with annoyance. Logan asked what was wrong, but Melissa just shook her head.
After settling into a small conference room in the attorney’s office space, both Melissa and Logan explained every fact that they knew about the death of Mr. William Hawkins. Janice had already heard most of it, but wanted their sides of the story. They all agreed it was peculiar. The attorney assured her clients that, so far, the police did not have a lot to go on. That was in their favor. At this point, they couldn’t even prove Mr. Hawkins was poisoned despite the dead seagulls. The bread was Melissa’s only connection to the case. The only thing connecting Logan was that he found Mr. Hawkins dead. However, finding a dead person was not a crime. Janice was confident Logan was completely in the clear. However, Melissa was another matter. How did her bread become poisoned? They needed to know at what point the bread was poisoned. If after baking, then she was fine. Anyone could have introduced the poison after baking though.
What really bothered the young lawyer was there was no motive whatsoever for Melissa to want Mr. Hawkins dead. In that aspect, the police department had nothing. Melissa admitted she barely knew the man. He never even came to her bakery. She only ever saw his wife. Mrs. Hawkins came into the shop fairly often. Logan was friends with their granddaughter, Emily. Otherwise, they had no connection to the family whatsoever. After she jotted down some notes from their conversation, Janice encouraged them both to go about their daily lives. If the cops called on them again, they should have her number on speed dial. “One last thing…can your boyfriend help us out with any additional information about the case? I doubt Detective Sunshine told us everything they know today,” Janice asked. Sadly, Melissa didn’t believe Jason would be allowed to help them. The attorney drove them home. Just in case reporters had been informed the two had been hauled into the police department for questioning, she didn’t want them harassed.
Later that night, Melissa cooked ‘breakfast for dinner’. Biscuits and gravy with sausage links and eggs served as comfort food for the duo. Afterwards, they decided the best way to get their minds off their current dilemma was to ‘veg’ in front of the television. That was a huge mistake. The local news popped up on the screen first. The same obnoxious reporter from News Channel 9 conducted an interview with Joseph Hawkins, the son of the deceased Mr. Hawkins.
The younger Hawkins spoke eloquently about his beloved father and his love for his family. His tone changed to one of anger as he verbally throttled the Kill Devil Hills police department for the rushed determination that his father died of natural causes. He admitted to the reporter that the police would never have reopened the case if he hadn’t threatened them to do it. “Good thing I did that. Otherwise, we never would have discovered my father was actually poisoned
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