Figure It Out for Yourself

by Chase James

‘So you’re still solving them, Bright Boy,’ he sneered. ‘Right in there at the finish to tell us how it was done.’

‘Well, someone’s got to do it for you,’ I said, and crossed the room to Paula.

‘What is it Vic?’ she asked.

‘Cross your fingers. This may be Perelli’s out.’

We waited.

After a few minutes, Mary came down the stairs, followed by Mifflin.

‘What do you know?’ Mifflin said, breathing hard. ‘That’s not Dedrick up there. She says it’s Lute Ferris.’ He looked over at MacGraw. ‘You know Ferris. Go up there and look at him.’

MacGraw ran up the stairs.

Mifflin said to me, ‘Didn’t she say he was Dedrick?’ He nodded to Serena, who still lay on the settee, hiding her face.

I nodded.