Red_Roses_and_Black_Dahlias_-_Macy_T

“He could be here.” Adam whispered next to me, taking me out of my
thoughts.
I looked over at him and noticed his narrowed eyes drawn to the front of
the church where Father Gareth was still going on and on about the mayor’s
good deeds for the town.
“You think?”
“Of course. We established he was probably close to Raymond. Do you
think he’d miss an opportunity to see him being put in the ground?” That
made sense and I gulped.
If the fucker who took everything from my girls was here, I would damn
well find out who it was.
My gaze zeroed on the man sitting straight in the pew in front of me. I
could only see his back and occasionally, he would turn his head discreetly
towards Sofia. His little eyes would sweep her from head to toe before
returning to the front of the church.
I frowned. Sofia was obviously uncomfortable by his presence alone.
Yesterday, when I’d mentioned him, she had the same reaction. And she
obviously didn’t trust him because she wanted to get back to her house and
check for that debt book herself, even after Conan said it wasn’t there.
He made a pretty good suspect, when you thought about it. He was close
enough to Jack Raymond to have an issue with him, even though most people
we interviewed at the city council attested they had a good relationship. Lord
knew appearances could be deceiving.
Raymond was in a position of superiority regarding Conan, so everything
could have happened. He might not have liked how he was treated, might
have wanted a raise his boss declined, the possibilities were endless.