It's Not a Pretty Sight
“SINGER SAID.
She had watched the whole thing from the open front door, a small flock of the women in her charge encircling her. They all seemed quite impressed.
“Thanks,” Gunner said. He couldn’t help but notice that Sydney Cagle was not among the curious onlookers.
“Tell me that thing wasn’t loaded,” Singer said, eyeing the gun the investigator had just taken from Leo Cagle.
It was a .38-caliber Charter Arms, with a two-inch barrel and a silver finish. Gunner flipped open the cylinder and turn...ed the weapon over, dropping six live shells into the palm of his left hand.
“My God,” somebody behind Singer said.
“Yeah,” Gunner said. “I was thinking the same thing myself.”
Shirley Causwell wouldn’t see him alone, so he had to interview them together. “Them” being Causwell and Angela Glass, the two Sisterhood House residents Singer had identified as Nina’s closest friends. She’d been ready to get rid of him only minutes ago, before Leo Cagle had shown up, but now of course she felt obligated to grant his every wish.MoreLess
She had watched the whole thing from the open front door, a small flock of the women in her charge encircling her. They all seemed quite impressed.
“Thanks,” Gunner said. He couldn’t help but notice that Sydney Cagle was not among the curious onlookers.
“Tell me that thing wasn’t loaded,” Singer said, eyeing the gun the investigator had just taken from Leo Cagle.
It was a .38-caliber Charter Arms, with a two-inch barrel and a silver finish. Gunner flipped open the cylinder and turn...ed the weapon over, dropping six live shells into the palm of his left hand.
“My God,” somebody behind Singer said.
“Yeah,” Gunner said. “I was thinking the same thing myself.”
Shirley Causwell wouldn’t see him alone, so he had to interview them together. “Them” being Causwell and Angela Glass, the two Sisterhood House residents Singer had identified as Nina’s closest friends. She’d been ready to get rid of him only minutes ago, before Leo Cagle had shown up, but now of course she felt obligated to grant his every wish.MoreLess
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