Page 180 of Oracle Returns: Time will Stop

The voices in the static nailed it again. It appeared they found the next victim. So much for a quick trip back for a nap.

Lowering her down, Jagger normally would have gone over to check, but that wasn’t feasible. It was daylight out, and if they got caught…

Yeah, the last thing he needed was his face on the news in this part of the country.

Again, there would be chaos from Boston and the mob families who lived there. He’d not announced his arrival, and that was bad practice when heading into someone’s mob territory.

UNLESS you were planning on causing trouble.

“We gotta get out of here,” he said, and Maura agreed with him.

“I know.”

Casually, they strolled back around the house and made it look like the plants around the front porch were vital to look at before they headed out.

The whole time, Maura fussed with the greenery, and Jagger talked about the grass.

Just in case any of the people walking by paid attention to them.

When they finally got back into the car, he turned it on and pulled away from the curb. Neither spoke until Jagger pulled down the street, getting them away from the place.

“What do you want to do?” Jagger asked. “Because it looks like Oracle was right again.”

Yeah, why did they even doubt her?

That was crazy work.

“Get us out of here, and I’ll make a call to Bishop. She’s a cop, and it looks like they’re about to be busy with a crime scene. This is their circus, and their rodeo. We’re off duty until tonight. We did the first part of our job. We found a body.”

Yeah, that seemed to be the norm for them. Dead bodies tended to turn up wherever they were.

As for being off duty…

Later, who the hell knew what tonight was going to bring?

Certainly not them.

Luckily.

* * * L I T T L E M O O N * * *

Meeting

Doctor Leon Kenyon’s Office

Saturday Morning

When they arrived, both Bishop and Honor were waiting for company because they were NOT doing this interview alone. Normally, they’d skip the psychic intervention in lieu of good, old-fashioned police work, but in this case, with so much on the line, Honor was willing to make an exception this one time.

Yeah, it was bad if that was happening.

In situations like these, when in doubt, call in someone who specialized in bullshittery.

EVERHART ROSE.

What they definitely needed was their walking lie detector, since there was the distinct impression that the bullshit would be flowing with this interview.

How did they know?