Past Unveiling by Audrey Walker (good books to read for young adults TXT) 📗

I always knew you were good for nothing, always making trouble. Everyone thought you were a genius, but you were nothing but a waste of time. There was nothing special about you. The Captain loved and pampered you, and he chose you over me when it came to the Butcher case. I have hated you since then. I was the better Detective, the best on the entire force! And then you ruined everything! You should have died, not the Captain!”

“I am arresting you,” Robin said softly. “For the murder of Captain Roy. You have the right to remain silent. Anything you say can and will be used against you in a court of law. You have the right to an attorney. If you cannot afford an attorney, one will be provided to you by the state. Do you understand these rights as I have read them to you?”

“Don’t–,” he snickered. “Don’t tell me my rights! I am not going to let you take me!”

Robin grabbed him suddenly, but he was fast and managed to twist his way out of her grip. He started to run away, and Robin followed him, running as fast as she could.

“Gary, stop, or I will shoot!” she shouted.

“Then shoot me!” he shouted. “Because I will never surrender.”

Robin cursed to herself, trying to aim for his kneecap, but he was running fast, and she didn’t want to miss the shot. Worse, she didn’t want to end up accidentally killing him.

“This is your fault, Robin,” he sneered. “You are too soft.”

“Just give up, Gary!” she shouted as he turned into a dark alleyway. She followed him in and then cursed to herself. He had disappeared.

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“Wow, it sounds like you had quite an interesting couple of days,” Dr. Rosemond said. “How does this all make you feel?”

“I don’t know how to explain,” Robin said. “I feel so much, you know. I feel so angry and so powerless at the same time. I can see Kyle suffering, but there is little I can do to help. I want to go after Danvers so badly. I know there is little chance that I can have him arrested, but there is a chance.”

“But if you fail, you risk ruining your career, don’t you?” he asked.

“Of course, but I can’t let that stop me,” she said. “I already failed to catch the Executioner. I don’t know where he is. He’s more than likely planning his next move. It’s almost as if he has gone into hibernation. I don’t understand what is going on. But now there is another monster out there killing people. I can’t let him escape my hands as well.”

“Have you considered your options?” he asked. “What can you possibly do to go after Danvers now?”

“Nothing,” she said. “What can I do? The Captain already closed the case. The taxi driver acts as the scapegoat.”

“But if you have evidence proving the entire case,” he said.

“That’s the thing; I have evidence enough to arrest a normal person, but not enough to arrest Danvers apparently,” she said. “I need to figure out why he killed her. I know he was dating her, and I am certain he sent the taxi to pick her up and take her somewhere discreet. The two of them had a rendezvous, and then something happened that triggered him to kill her. He gave her a chemical that would depress her nervous system, and once she was out, he probably used a gun to finish her off. The ballistics from the taxi driver and the Mayor’s daughter match. It’s the motive I can’t figure out!”

“In that case, you should look at people who do have a motive,” he said. “You seem to be fixated on the idea of Danvers because you are prejudiced against him. Does the fact that he could be Rose’s killer affect you so much?”

“I can’t help it,” she said. “I can see how it is affecting Kyle. He is trying to hold out, but he is suffering a lot. He can’t even do anything about it. He can’t even go after the man that killed his wife. And now he has to deal with the guilt that Kaila was murdered because he failed to catch Danvers five years ago.”

Robin stopped here, not continuing the rest of her thought. She didn’t tell him that if she could, she would kill Danvers in the blink of an eye. If her morals didn’t stop her, she would have killed him. No matter what.

Chapter Nineteen

Robin could hear the words repeating in the back of her mind.

“In that case, you should look into people who do have a motive.”

Was he right? Was she too prejudiced against Danvers? Could it be that they were dating? Was it be possible that he wasn’t the murderer? She cast her mind back, thinking about it. Who had the motive? Who could have done this?

And at that moment, an answer echoed in her mind.

Could it be? Could she have finally found the killer? As the thought burned at the back of her mind, she ran over to her desk and pulled a file out. She looked at her, and her eye caught a small detail that instantly put a smile on her face.

She stood up and ran outside, a small idea brewing in her head. If she was right, then she finally found her killer.

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“I know who our killer is,” she said, marching into the precinct. Her afternoon had been very fruitful, and she was sure she finally had the answers.

“What do you mean?” the Captain barked. “I thought I took you off the case.”

“Just let me talk, Captain,” Robin said. “I know who killed her. It was Adrian.”

“The ex-boyfriend?” Burke asked.

“Exactly,” Robin said. “He did it because he was jealous and angry at how Kaila was treating him. They had been dating before she met Danvers, and then her attention changed toward him. Adrian was furious about what happened. He was jealous, angry, and hurt. I spent all evening questioning Adrian’s family