A Deadly Fall Read Online Free Page A
Author: Carol Lee
things. She was never a daredevil!” I told Lynn.
“We had a really snowy winter and they tried some winter camping, so they should be prepared at least!” Lynn said. Sam turned back to the others, all laughing about some inside joke. “But, you , what have you been up to, Marissa? I never hear from you, and when I ask Sarah, she doesn’t seem to know anything I don’t know already. How’s work? Any new man in your life?”
I smiled. It was always the same questions, and I always had the same answers. “Nope, no new man.” I started with the easy answer. “Works going great. I designed a new course for the upcoming semester. It combines forensics with my normal psychology class. I’m team teaching it with a visiting professor. I’m really excited about it!” I stopped there, knowing I bored most people to a near catatonic state when I went into too much detail.
“That’s great!” Lynn said, the normal response.
“Is everyone ready to order food?” Sam asked, pausing our conversation. I quickly glanced over the menu and made my decision in the time everyone else placed their orders. I was optimistic about a good evening reconnecting with my past.
Sam – September 2009
“Catch me up, Captain,” I said as soon as I walked into the office the following day. Even though I’d only really taken half a day off, there were probably plenty of developments that could lead us to identifying the body and starting our investigation if necessary.
“Bad news, Sam. Our team ID’d the body last night. I knew as soon as I saw her face after you and Allen left the scene, but I couldn’t tell you earlier, you know how it is. Procedure. And I wanted you to hear it in person. You should sit down for this,” he said and then actually gave me time to sit.
“Allen said you thought she was a local.”
“She is. She’s Sarah,” he said matter of factly. Judy’s best friend. I’d been part of the force long enough for Captain Edwards to know who was closest to our family and to keep an especially close eye on them when anything seemed amiss in town.
“Oh no,” I said as reality struck. “I can’t believe Judy didn’t recognize her. I know it’s been a while since she’s been in town, but they were inseparable for so long. And they had just been together last Friday. Why hadn’t Sarah’s name come up in a missing persons report?”
“We don’t know yet. We’re still trying to contact Jack. He’s been away on a business trip and is flying back right now. It looks like a hiking accident. There was a bad storm on Sunday, and the time of death is Sunday afternoon. If she was hiking and got caught in the rain, no telling how slippery the rocks and roots were, or how bad the visibility was. The location of her body looks like a bad fall that killed her.”
“But Judy is always talking to her when she’s in town. Just about every day. We found her on Tuesday, today’s Wednesday. Judy would have tried calling her between Sunday and now. She would have known something was up if she wasn’t hearing from her. Can we pull phone records, credit card purchases?”
“It was only two days between her death and when you found the body. We can’t pull that stuff yet. You know that. We need to find Jack. Why don’t you take another day. You’re too close to this. Take Judy out somewhere. I’m sure she’s still reeling from yesterday even if she doesn’t know it’s Sarah yet. You won’t want her to find out from the news. We haven’t released the name yet, and we won’t for a day at least. We have to notify her family first. But break the news to her in person, gently.”
“I need to be here. I’ll talk to Judy, make sure she’s with someone who can help her deal with this, but I need to be here. I need to work on this case. It’s my job and I can add information that others probably can’t.”
“Tomorrow you can start. That’s an
“We had a really snowy winter and they tried some winter camping, so they should be prepared at least!” Lynn said. Sam turned back to the others, all laughing about some inside joke. “But, you , what have you been up to, Marissa? I never hear from you, and when I ask Sarah, she doesn’t seem to know anything I don’t know already. How’s work? Any new man in your life?”
I smiled. It was always the same questions, and I always had the same answers. “Nope, no new man.” I started with the easy answer. “Works going great. I designed a new course for the upcoming semester. It combines forensics with my normal psychology class. I’m team teaching it with a visiting professor. I’m really excited about it!” I stopped there, knowing I bored most people to a near catatonic state when I went into too much detail.
“That’s great!” Lynn said, the normal response.
“Is everyone ready to order food?” Sam asked, pausing our conversation. I quickly glanced over the menu and made my decision in the time everyone else placed their orders. I was optimistic about a good evening reconnecting with my past.
Sam – September 2009
“Catch me up, Captain,” I said as soon as I walked into the office the following day. Even though I’d only really taken half a day off, there were probably plenty of developments that could lead us to identifying the body and starting our investigation if necessary.
“Bad news, Sam. Our team ID’d the body last night. I knew as soon as I saw her face after you and Allen left the scene, but I couldn’t tell you earlier, you know how it is. Procedure. And I wanted you to hear it in person. You should sit down for this,” he said and then actually gave me time to sit.
“Allen said you thought she was a local.”
“She is. She’s Sarah,” he said matter of factly. Judy’s best friend. I’d been part of the force long enough for Captain Edwards to know who was closest to our family and to keep an especially close eye on them when anything seemed amiss in town.
“Oh no,” I said as reality struck. “I can’t believe Judy didn’t recognize her. I know it’s been a while since she’s been in town, but they were inseparable for so long. And they had just been together last Friday. Why hadn’t Sarah’s name come up in a missing persons report?”
“We don’t know yet. We’re still trying to contact Jack. He’s been away on a business trip and is flying back right now. It looks like a hiking accident. There was a bad storm on Sunday, and the time of death is Sunday afternoon. If she was hiking and got caught in the rain, no telling how slippery the rocks and roots were, or how bad the visibility was. The location of her body looks like a bad fall that killed her.”
“But Judy is always talking to her when she’s in town. Just about every day. We found her on Tuesday, today’s Wednesday. Judy would have tried calling her between Sunday and now. She would have known something was up if she wasn’t hearing from her. Can we pull phone records, credit card purchases?”
“It was only two days between her death and when you found the body. We can’t pull that stuff yet. You know that. We need to find Jack. Why don’t you take another day. You’re too close to this. Take Judy out somewhere. I’m sure she’s still reeling from yesterday even if she doesn’t know it’s Sarah yet. You won’t want her to find out from the news. We haven’t released the name yet, and we won’t for a day at least. We have to notify her family first. But break the news to her in person, gently.”
“I need to be here. I’ll talk to Judy, make sure she’s with someone who can help her deal with this, but I need to be here. I need to work on this case. It’s my job and I can add information that others probably can’t.”
“Tomorrow you can start. That’s an
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