“Mr. Checkowich,” began Michaels. “We see that you are a snowbird. Tell us about your place in New York.”
“Why do you want to know about it?” he replied.
“Just out of curiosity,” said Weston.
“What about your place here off of 326,” said Michaels.
“It’s quiet,” he said.
“I am sure it is,” said Michaels. “What did you want with that girl this afternoon?”
“Nothing,” he said, looking away. “I was just trying to be nice.”
There was a knock on the door. Paul poked his head in.
“Guys, can I see you out here for a minute?” he asked.
“Sure,” said Weston. “We will be right back.”
“What’s up,” asked Michaels.
“We found out more information about your guy,” he said. “He was brought in on questioning for a kidnapping of a twenty-four year old whose body was never recovered. He was a suspect, but was released on lack of evidence. I think there may be more to him than meets the eye.”
“Thanks, Paul,” said Weston. “We will find out.”
“Good luck, guys,” stated Paul.
Weston and Michaels reentered the room.
“Mr. Checkowich,” started Michaels. “We have been informed about your questioning of a kidnapping that took place in New York. Would you like to tell us about it?”
“Not really,” he replied, looking down.
“I think it is best that you tell us about it before we find out any more information,” stated Weston.
“I didn’t do anything wrong,” he said. “That is why they let me go.”
“Why were you questioned in the first place?” asked Michaels.
“Because someone told the cops that they saw me talking to her.”
“Did you know her?” questioned Weston.
“No,” he replied.
“Did you ever speak to her?”
“Once,” he said. “She was walking down the street and I felt bad for her, so I offered her a ride. It was in the middle of summer and no one should have to walk in the heat like that.”
“So, you were just trying to be nice?”
“Yes, like today,” he replied with a smile.
There was something about him that Weston and Michaels were uneasy about.
“We will be right back,” said Michaels.
They left the room, closing the door behind them.
“I don’t like this guy,” said Michaels. “There is something off about him.”
“I know what you mean,” said Weston. “Between that smirk he just gave us and the look in his eyes, there is something terribly wrong with this guy.”
“We need to break him.”
“Let’s get back in there are see what we can get out of him.”
They reenter the small, taupe colored room. There were no windows and only one air conditioning vent. It could get hot in the room. The long table in the center of the room made the room smaller than it was. You could easily fit up to eight people around the table. There was one wall with a two way mirror on it. The bright, overhead, fluorescent lights in the interrogation room did not allow a person sitting at the table to see in the observation room.
He had been down this road before. He knew there was someone always watching on the other side of that mirror. He kept is clam demeanor, despite thinking that this time may be the time they figured out who he really was.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Harmony Stalter (1976-Present) was born in Newburgh, New York. She currently makes her home in Ocala, Florida, and is a freelance writer. She was an architectural drafter for three years before pursuing her career in writing, her first love. Employee Body Language Revealed: How to Predict Behavior in the Workplace by Reading and Understanding Body Language was her first book. Since completing this book, she has written Dancing the Night Away (A short story single), Bulk Cooking: Everything You Need to Know, and The Great Wolf Lodge 2011 Travel Guide, Rhyme Tyme: A Book of Poetry, and her current release, Two Romantic, Two Suspenseful: A Short Story Compilation. Look for these, and more upcoming titles from this writer on the rise, and make sure to visit her website at http://www.harmonysfreelancewritingworld.com.
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