Mallory Kane - The Paediatrician's Personal Protector

“So maybe what he bought her was drugs,” Reilly said.

Ryker’s brows drew down into a frown. “Why all the questions? What are you up to, kid?”

“I want to help Christy. I want to find the bastard who attacked her and see what he knows. What I don’t understand is why no one listened to her father. Why wasn’t Autumn Moser’s case reopened a long time ago?”

“I can’t answer that. I can tell you that the detective who caught the case probably missed something.”

Reilly laughed without humor. “Yeah? You think so?”

“Do you want to hear what I know? I’ve got plenty to do. I could just let you dig it up yourself.”

“Don’t go all big-brother master detective on me, Ryker.” Reilly hated it when Ryker took that supercilious attitude.

“Fine. Dixon didn’t want to rag on a fellow detective, but he did tell me that a couple of years ago Samhurst had a mild heart attack. Said he lost a lot of weight—maybe thirty pounds or so—which left him about forty pounds overweight.”

“Are you kidding me? He was that overweight and out of shape? No telling what he missed. How in hell is he still on active duty? “

Ryker shrugged. “Everybody’s shorthanded.”

“What else did Dixon tell you?”

“Nothing. I talked to Samhurst, but he didn’t have much to say. He got real defensive and claimed he didn’t remember much. I asked him why three point-blank shots to the chest didn’t throw up a red flag, but he didn’t have an answer.”

“Three shots to the chest? That’s how she died? Holy—” Reilly felt a sick weight in his chest. “No wonder Christy wants someone to reopen the case. Did you know she was on the phone with her sister when she was shot?”

“Yep. She gave me the gist of the conversation, and I got copies of her sister’s case file from NOPD.”

“Yeah? What about the sister’s phone? Christy said it turned up missing.”

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