Silent Slaughter
“Even her Germanic stoicism couldn’t hide the fact that she was upset; worry lines creased her elegant forehead, and her hand trembled as she handed the note she held to Lee.
“It was addressed to you, so I thought you should—”
“Thanks,” he said, taking it from her.
It was a copy of the original note found on Victoria Hwang, which was still being processed in the lab for possible prints, DNA and trace evidence, though no one in the room expected any good news about that.
“Before you read it, I—I ...think he called here,” she said.
“What?” Butts exclaimed. “Are you shittin’ me? What did he say? How do you know it was him?”
She regarded him coolly. “To answer your questions in order, no, I am not ‘shitting you,’ and what a lovely expression that is, by the way.”
Butts snorted impatiently. “Just tell us what happened.”
She went on to recount the phone call, the girl in the background, and the creepy comment the caller made before hanging up.
“What did his voice sound like?”MoreLess
“It was addressed to you, so I thought you should—”
“Thanks,” he said, taking it from her.
It was a copy of the original note found on Victoria Hwang, which was still being processed in the lab for possible prints, DNA and trace evidence, though no one in the room expected any good news about that.
“Before you read it, I—I ...think he called here,” she said.
“What?” Butts exclaimed. “Are you shittin’ me? What did he say? How do you know it was him?”
She regarded him coolly. “To answer your questions in order, no, I am not ‘shitting you,’ and what a lovely expression that is, by the way.”
Butts snorted impatiently. “Just tell us what happened.”
She went on to recount the phone call, the girl in the background, and the creepy comment the caller made before hanging up.
“What did his voice sound like?”MoreLess
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