Mystery: Missing Rita: (Mystery, Suspense, Thriller, Suspense Thriller Mystery) Read Online Free Page B

wondered what it was that was so urgent at the morgue.
    “Gina is a handful,” he blurted without warning as he remembered events from the previous night.
    “What happened last night?”
    “She told me to go to a strip club and I went to a strip club.” Lohan’s words sunk in slowly. He began to wonder what he meant by that.
    “I don’t get it,” he said out loud. “I thought she hated it when you went to strip clubs.”
    “Hate is an understatement, my friend.”
    “So why did you go?” Sam asked.
    “Because she threatened me,” Lohan answered bitterly. “No one threatens me.”
    “I’m sure she didn’t mean it.”
    “Of course she meant it,” Lohan replied defensively. He settled back in his seat and looked straight ahead at the road with a distant look on his face.
    “Sir,” Sam began, “you are a trained police officer who has been in the field for a good ten years. You chase criminals and put them behind bars – and you want to tell me you are afraid of your own wife?”
    Lohan let out a chuckle from the question he was asked and his mind again wondered to nothing in particular. His gaze shifted out of the car.
    “Ironies of life my friend, the simple ironies of life…”
    “Please do me a favor,” Sam begged.
    “What?”
    “Please remind me of this moment when I tell you I want to get married.”
    Lohan again laughed out loud before saying, “I will kick you right in the behind but I will not stop you.”
    “Why the hell not?”
    “Because marriage is a beautiful and sacred institution,” Lohan said sarcastically and Sam did not miss the contempt in his voice.
    The city morgue’s building appeared in the distance. Sam parked in the driveway and both got out of the car. They began heading for the building slowly, both wondering what was so urgent and both had their professional hats on.
    They took the flight of stairs to the ground floor and the atmosphere suddenly changed to cold and somber, something they were both used to now. They were however greeted by a few people making unnecessary noise and arguing about something, they could not tell what.
    “It is never this loud at the morgue,” Lohan said as they approached the small crowd of people at the far end. The morgue attendant Rodney’s face lit up when he saw the two approach them and waved them over. He looked flustered and pale.
    A familiar figure was yelling at Rodney and they could not tell who it was from behind.
    “Calm down, sir,” Rodney said in a calming voice.
    “Don’t you dare tell me to calm down until you give me a proper explanation.”
    “This kind of thing never happens,” Rodney said apologetically. “I simply have no explanation for you.”
    “Well, maybe if you did your job right last night this would never have happened.”
    “With all due respect, sir,” Rodney said yet again. “We store dead bodies, not diamonds and priceless artifacts. All I have to ensure is that the place is cold enough.”
    The man glared at Rodney with a murderous look and was just about to say something but was interrupted by both Sam and Lohan walking over.
    “What seems to be the problem here?” Lohan asked as his gaze finally landed on the man who was causing all the commotion. His face suddenly lit up. “Mr. Sutter, what seems to be the problem?”
    Ryan Sutter was still in the same suit they had met him in that morning. His hair was a tangled mess and his eyes were shot with red.
    Rodney did not wait for him to give an explanation in fear that he would fabricate facts.
    “Mr. Lohan,” he began. “The body is missing.”
    “Whose body?”
    “The late Rita Sutter’s body,” Rodney explained and there was a sad tone mixed with much regret in his voice.
    Lohan looked at Rodney quizzically and back at Ryan before giving Sam a signal to escort him out.
    “Sir, would you please come with me,” Sam begged Ryan and saw him recoil in defeat as they both walked out of the morgue.
    Lohan waited for them to move out