Red_Roses_and_Black_Dahlias_-_Macy_T

“There is some news on your parents’ case.” She froze, her head
snapping towards me.
“Did you—“ she cleared her throat, “Did you arrest someone?” Her eyes
shone with interest and she unconsciously leaned towards me.
I shook my head, “Not yet. We just started to look at it with another eye.”
“What does that mean?”
“It means that Harold, the guy you killed, might have been just a decoy.”
She frowned, looking down again. “We think the real mastermind behind your
parents’ murder was close to your dad, maybe someone he worked with or
owed money to.” I looked at her intently, trying to catch her gaze and see if
that reminded her of someone.
She shook her head. “Dad didn’t like owing anyone, but it is possible it
was someone who owed him money.” She looked up suddenly, “His office.
Did you find his debt book?”
It was my turn to frown and shake my head, “I don’t have his assistant’s
report in head but I don’t remember a debt book being on the list.” Something
in her eyes wavered at the mention of her father’s assistant.
“Conan made that report?”
“Yeah.” I nodded, and she seemed to be wanting to add something but
then thought against it at the last minute. “Why? What do you know about
him?”
She shrugged, “Nothing, he’s just… he’s weird. Always gave me the
creeps.”
“We’ll go check your father’s office again tomorrow, look for that debt
book, alright?” She nodded absentmindedly, “After the… service, we’ll
leave Valentina to Selena and go check it out.”
“Okay. Okay.” I took a step towards her, wanting to rub her arm and tell
her everything would be okay, but she moved back. I let my hand fall along