Promising career
Telltale crimson trail part 10 ~ republished from 2024
When I heard the door-bell ring, I tucked the Sig Sauer I had been cleaning, away under the coffee table. I let Stevie in and she sat across from me, a tense look on her face.
"What are you doing here, Stevie? You know you are not supposed to get involved.”
"I need to ask where you went between leaving the Woodland parking lot and arriving home."
I guessed the game was up and said nothing.
"You recall the name of the deceased?”
"No!"
"Really? You handed me his ID remember?"
Silence
"William McCafferty, wasn't it?"
More silence
"When I saw you looking at your brother's photo, I remembered where I knew the name from. Where did you really go after you left the Woodland parking lot?"
Again, silence.
"You were seen at the hospital, John... What was in the package you placed in the medical waste dumpster for incineration?"
"I miss them so much, Stevie." I said. I could feel tears welling up that I tried not to show.
"John Teagan, I am arresting you for murder..."
As she stood and gave me the routine, reaching for her cuffs, I leant forward and grabbed the Sig, slowly raising the weapon. She didn't miss a beat.
"I can't do it, Stevie, I can't spend the rest of my life inside.”
She just stood there as I heard two cars pull up, doors slamming.
Raising the weapon, I fired two rounds, ending forever what could have been a promising police career.
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Raymond G Taylor
Author based in Margate on the English Kent coast, having moved from London. Known for his short stories and flash fiction, as well as poetry and non-fiction writing on subjects such as art, science, technology and the human condition
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