She did. She remembered his incredible talent, and she remembered seeing a piece written about him by a local columnist just a week or so ago. He’d died on the streets after coming home from the Middle East. After he’d survived three deployments. Somehow that seemed to compound the tragedy of his death.
“Yes,” she said.
“Arnie was the best,” Tyler said passionately. “An amazing man and an amazing friend.”
“I believe you,” she said then paused, remembering what she had read. He had died of a drug overdose. So sad, and such a waste of a good man.
What was even more tragic was that so many soldiers came home only to die by their own hands, their minds haunted by the demons of war.
“He died of an overdose, didn’t he?” she asked.
“Damn you, it wasn’t suicide!” Tyler said.
“I never said anything about suicide.”
“And it wasn’t an accident. He was murdered. You have to believe me.”
“I’m more than willing to listen to—”
Tyler shook his head emphatically. “You have to help me. You have to prove that he was murdered. I know you can do it. And you will. You and Quinn will.”
“We’re not infallible.”
“I know you can find the truth. You have to. Because if you don’t, whoever is doing this will kill again. I know it.”
“Tyler, you can’t know that.”
“I do know it. And he just might kill me.”
Copyright © 2015 by Heather Graham Pozzessere
ISBN: 9781459291690
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