Page 87 of Sinful Secrets

“Spencer Reed.”

“What is your address and phone number?”

He scribbles my information down like he’d rather be counting grains of salt than being here getting statements.

“What can you tell me about the incident?”

“I can’t say much because I wasn’t out here when it happened.”

He looks up from the clipboard. “When did you get outside? Take me through what happened.”

“I was walking down the tunnel with my teammates after the game when we heard tires squeal. A few moments later, I saw Savannah run away from the building.”

He writes down everything I said before glancing back at me. “And then what happened?”

“She screamed, so we all ran outside to see what was going on. That’s when we saw the body on the ground.”

He scribbles down everything before glaring at me. “So your first thought was to contaminate the crime scene?”

“We didn’t touch or go near the body, so don’t accuse us of contaminating it.”

Was he this hard on the others, or does he have something against me?

“If you didn’t touch or go near the crime scene, what did you do after you saw the body?”

“Several of my teammates blocked the view from the public, and I led Savannah to my car to sip on water because she was about to pass out.”

Speaking of Savannah, I glance around the parking lot for her. She is still off to the side with the young cop. She looks exasperated and pale.

This is too much on her. She needs to rest.

“Look, I wish I knew who did this, but I don’t. Am I free to go now, or do you have any other trivial questions to ask?”

His lips press together and his jaw clenches. He’s pissed. “I’ll let you know when you can leave, but you are free to check on your friends.”

“Thanks,” I say to his retreating back.

As soon as the officer leaves, Rhett comes over. He gestures toward Savannah. “How’s she doing?”

“I don’t know. I just wish I knew who she’s talking to.”

It looks like more than the standard questioning, and it looks like they’ve met before.

“That’s the cop that threatened me. He’s part of the new class of officers that won’t be bribed.”

This is all starting to make sense. He knows Arturo and the Sharks. He knows that we are extremely generous in our donations to the police department, so they would turn a blind eye.

But he doesn’t agree with it.

“I think he’s the one trying to get Savannah to spy on us so he can arrest Arturo.”

If they can prove Arturo committed the crimes and bribed the department, the Chief of police will have to resign, leaving them to take over the supervisory roles.

This could be a disaster for us.

Arturo walks out of the arena and clears his throat. “I was able to check the security footage of the event. The truck that deposited the body had no license plate. The windows were too dark to see inside, but I could see that there were at least three men.”

Rhett scoffs and whispers, “So we really don’t know if it was Rossi or the Emerald City Reapers.”

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