Page 90 of Little Dark Deeds
CHAPTER 32
Iwas back at Jana’shouse, updating Foley on the conversation I’d had with Jana at the hospital.
“What do you think?”he asked.“Do you believe her?”
“I don’t know.I’m guessing Silas has been here.What did he have to say?”
“Not much.The time of death aligns with the timing of Jana’s 911 call.We won’t know much more until he does a full autopsy.”
“Jana’s wound was a through-and-through.Has the bullet been found?”
He nodded.“We ran the firearm’s serial number through the registry.It’s registered to Tyler.”
If Tyler had intended on killing her, as Jana had suggested, what was his plan afterward?Turn himself in?Turn the gun on himself?
“Whitlock mentioned you visited with Landon Fairfax this morning,” Foley said.
“The guy’s a creep.When our conversation was over, and I turned to leave, he smacked me on the butt.”
Foley pressed his fingers to his lips, a smirk tugging at them like he was struggling to hold back a laugh.“And you?What did you do?”
“I’m not sure you want to know.”
“Is the guy still in one piece?”
For now.
“He’s fine,” I said.
“What did you talk about?”
“He admitted to confronting Tiffany, but he tried to play it down, like she’d exaggerated what he said to her.I disagree.She had no reason to lie.”
“Sounds like we need to take a closer look at the guy.”
“I’d love to take him down for Tiffany’s murder, but so far, there’s no evidence to suggest he did it.When Jana gave me the photos that were left on her car, I thought Landon had something to do with them.He didn’t, though.Chad did.”
Foley tilted his head to the side in that familiar way he always did before launching into lecture mode, and I had a good idea of what was coming next.
“Speaking of Chad, you’ve been keeping things from me,” he said.“I’m not a fan of feeling like I’m the last one to find things out.When were you going to tell me?”
“Right after I spoke to Landon.Then I learned Tyler was dead, and we’ve been dealing with that ever since.”
“When Silas mentioned it to me today, he seemed surprised to hear I didn’t know anything about it.”
“Yeah ...sorry.I went to Chad’s house last night.”
Foley sighed.“And?”
“I asked him about the photos he left on Jana’s car.He denied it at first, said it wasn’t him.Then I told him we lifted a few prints, and one of them was his.”
