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Authors: Irving Munro
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works for a computer software company in Round Rock. Their boys attend the new Leander High School that was just built.
“She said she did hear a lot of men shouting and the sound of trucks revving up their engines, but she assumed it was just kids letting off some steam. Then she saw the flames. She went to get her cell phone to make the call and then returned to the window. She saw two trucks speeding out of the park and, although it was dark, she thought they were white in color. She had thought at the time that they may have been from the power company or one of the construction companies, but she’s not sure. That was pretty much it.”
“Don’t forget about the guys in the condo, Marie,” said Tommy, jumping in.
“Oh, yes, sorry I missed that!”
“We talked with a number of folks who lived in the condos. There was one condo in particular that gave Tommy and me the creeps. The guy who answered the door seemed stoned. We couldn’t smell anything to suggest that they were smoking weed so we had no reason to ask to enter the property. There seemed to be a lot of people in the house and the guy said that they were just playing cards and that they all lived in the neighborhood. One other guy did come to the door, and he gave his name as Fernando Cazarez and that he lived on Apache Court. He said that they all work for Rodriguez Construction. We checked Cazerez out later and he checked out as legit. We just felt the place was a little strange. They knew nothing and saw nothing the night of the killing, or so they said.”
“What did your day on the links reveal, Dad, anything?” asked Tommy.
“I met a guy that we need to check out for sure. His name is Jimmy Rodriguez; he lives in a big house overlooking the lake. This Cazerez guy you mention might work for him. He is a loudmouth, throws his money around and cheats at golf. According to another one of the residents, he employs teams of tradesmen and contracts them out to the developers. When we finished golf he was picked up in a chauffeur-driven black limo. The driver wore a black leather jacket that had a Hugo Boss label. The same make of leather jacket that Raul Hernandez purchased from Martha Goldman.”
“Okay, so we need to check out both Rodriguez and his chauffeur,” said Tommy.
~
With the police work discussion over, they all sat back as Elaine brought the chili and the cornbread to the table. Shelly had emerged from the guest bathroom with Claire wrapped up in a huge bathrobe. Shelly had her in her arms and dried her off. She then dressed Claire in her Dora the Explorer PJs and sat down beside her at the table.
With their bowls full of chili, and after they had taken a few bites of the cornbread, Bill raised the topic of the late Jack Johnson.
“A few days ago I was telling Marie that Jack’s death has had a major effect on my life and that I’ve still not come to terms with it. I wake up in the night thinking about it and I need to work at putting it behind me.”
“Wow, I feel the same, Dad!” said Tommy, taking his father’s lead. “We’re all in law enforcement and it does come with the territory; however, we are human and we can’t just ignore how we feel.”
Realizing that Bill had set the scene, Shelly jumped right in.
“Marie needs to find another line of work! I just can’t take the stress of worrying about her every minute of the day. I see no other way. She needs to get out of the line of fire and find alternative employment or our relationship is in danger of collapse. I’m sorry to just blurt it out in this way, but we have talked about it. Y’all are a close team working together every day, but I find that it’s almost impossible to function in my job worrying about Marie. How is it for you, Elaine? You’ve been dealing with this with Bill for a lot longer than I have with Marie.”
“You just have to get used to it, Shelly. That was the way it was for me at any rate. No, I should say that’s the way it is
“She said she did hear a lot of men shouting and the sound of trucks revving up their engines, but she assumed it was just kids letting off some steam. Then she saw the flames. She went to get her cell phone to make the call and then returned to the window. She saw two trucks speeding out of the park and, although it was dark, she thought they were white in color. She had thought at the time that they may have been from the power company or one of the construction companies, but she’s not sure. That was pretty much it.”
“Don’t forget about the guys in the condo, Marie,” said Tommy, jumping in.
“Oh, yes, sorry I missed that!”
“We talked with a number of folks who lived in the condos. There was one condo in particular that gave Tommy and me the creeps. The guy who answered the door seemed stoned. We couldn’t smell anything to suggest that they were smoking weed so we had no reason to ask to enter the property. There seemed to be a lot of people in the house and the guy said that they were just playing cards and that they all lived in the neighborhood. One other guy did come to the door, and he gave his name as Fernando Cazarez and that he lived on Apache Court. He said that they all work for Rodriguez Construction. We checked Cazerez out later and he checked out as legit. We just felt the place was a little strange. They knew nothing and saw nothing the night of the killing, or so they said.”
“What did your day on the links reveal, Dad, anything?” asked Tommy.
“I met a guy that we need to check out for sure. His name is Jimmy Rodriguez; he lives in a big house overlooking the lake. This Cazerez guy you mention might work for him. He is a loudmouth, throws his money around and cheats at golf. According to another one of the residents, he employs teams of tradesmen and contracts them out to the developers. When we finished golf he was picked up in a chauffeur-driven black limo. The driver wore a black leather jacket that had a Hugo Boss label. The same make of leather jacket that Raul Hernandez purchased from Martha Goldman.”
“Okay, so we need to check out both Rodriguez and his chauffeur,” said Tommy.
~
With the police work discussion over, they all sat back as Elaine brought the chili and the cornbread to the table. Shelly had emerged from the guest bathroom with Claire wrapped up in a huge bathrobe. Shelly had her in her arms and dried her off. She then dressed Claire in her Dora the Explorer PJs and sat down beside her at the table.
With their bowls full of chili, and after they had taken a few bites of the cornbread, Bill raised the topic of the late Jack Johnson.
“A few days ago I was telling Marie that Jack’s death has had a major effect on my life and that I’ve still not come to terms with it. I wake up in the night thinking about it and I need to work at putting it behind me.”
“Wow, I feel the same, Dad!” said Tommy, taking his father’s lead. “We’re all in law enforcement and it does come with the territory; however, we are human and we can’t just ignore how we feel.”
Realizing that Bill had set the scene, Shelly jumped right in.
“Marie needs to find another line of work! I just can’t take the stress of worrying about her every minute of the day. I see no other way. She needs to get out of the line of fire and find alternative employment or our relationship is in danger of collapse. I’m sorry to just blurt it out in this way, but we have talked about it. Y’all are a close team working together every day, but I find that it’s almost impossible to function in my job worrying about Marie. How is it for you, Elaine? You’ve been dealing with this with Bill for a lot longer than I have with Marie.”
“You just have to get used to it, Shelly. That was the way it was for me at any rate. No, I should say that’s the way it is
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