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Bloody Bones :: Гамильтон Лорел
Страница: 93 из 272"So you thought it was Magnus because he ran, and he doesn't have an alibi?"
"Why else would he run?"
"I don't know," I said. "But he didn't do it. I saw the thing in the woods. It wasn't Magnus. Hell, I've only heard about vampires forming from shadows. I'd never seen it before."
She looked at me. "You've never seen it before. That's not comforting."
"It wasn't meant to be. But since it wasn't Magnus, you can call off the warrant."
She shook her head. "He used magic on police officers while committing a crime. That's a class C felony."
"What was his crime?"
"Escaping."
"But he wasn't under arrest."
"I had a warrant for his arrest," she said.
"You didn't have enough for a warrant," I said.
"Helps to know the right judge."
"He didn't kill those kids, or Coltrain."
"You pointed the finger at him," she said.
"Just an alternate possibility. With five people dead, I couldn't afford to be wrong."
She stood. "Well, you got your wish. It was vampires, and I don't know why the hell Magnus Bouvier ran from us. But just using magic on a police officer is a felony."
"Even if he was innocent of the original crime you were trying to bring him in on?" I asked.
"Felonious use of magic is a serious crime, Ms. Blake. There's a warrant for his arrest. You see him, you remember that."
"I know Magnus isn't nice people, Detective Freemont. I don't know why he ran, but if you put out the word that he used magic on cops, someone'll shoot him."
"He's dangerous, Ms. Blake."
"Yeah, but so are a lot of people, Detective. You don't hunt them down and arrest them for it."
She nodded. "We've all got prejudices, Ms. Blake; makes us all wrong once in a while. At least here we know what did it."
"Yeah," I said. "We know what did it."
"Do you know when the girl's body was taken?" she asked. She got a notebook out of her coat pocket. Down to business.
I shook my head. "No. It was just gone when I went up."
"What made you think to check on the body?"
I looked at her. Her eyes were pleasant and unreadable. "They'd gone to a lot of trouble to make her one of them. I thought they might try to get her. They did."
"The father's making noises that he asked you to stake her body before you went out after the vampires. Is that true?" Her voice was soft, matter-of-fact. But she was paying attention to the answers. She didn't take as many notes as Dolph did. The notebook seemed to be more something to do with her hands than anything else. I was finally seeing Freemont doing her job.
"Why else would he run?"
"I don't know," I said. "But he didn't do it. I saw the thing in the woods. It wasn't Magnus. Hell, I've only heard about vampires forming from shadows. I'd never seen it before."
She looked at me. "You've never seen it before. That's not comforting."
"It wasn't meant to be. But since it wasn't Magnus, you can call off the warrant."
She shook her head. "He used magic on police officers while committing a crime. That's a class C felony."
"What was his crime?"
"Escaping."
"But he wasn't under arrest."
"I had a warrant for his arrest," she said.
"You didn't have enough for a warrant," I said.
"Helps to know the right judge."
"He didn't kill those kids, or Coltrain."
"You pointed the finger at him," she said.
"Just an alternate possibility. With five people dead, I couldn't afford to be wrong."
She stood. "Well, you got your wish. It was vampires, and I don't know why the hell Magnus Bouvier ran from us. But just using magic on a police officer is a felony."
"Even if he was innocent of the original crime you were trying to bring him in on?" I asked.
"Felonious use of magic is a serious crime, Ms. Blake. There's a warrant for his arrest. You see him, you remember that."
"I know Magnus isn't nice people, Detective Freemont. I don't know why he ran, but if you put out the word that he used magic on cops, someone'll shoot him."
"He's dangerous, Ms. Blake."
"Yeah, but so are a lot of people, Detective. You don't hunt them down and arrest them for it."
She nodded. "We've all got prejudices, Ms. Blake; makes us all wrong once in a while. At least here we know what did it."
"Yeah," I said. "We know what did it."
"Do you know when the girl's body was taken?" she asked. She got a notebook out of her coat pocket. Down to business.
I shook my head. "No. It was just gone when I went up."
"What made you think to check on the body?"
I looked at her. Her eyes were pleasant and unreadable. "They'd gone to a lot of trouble to make her one of them. I thought they might try to get her. They did."
"The father's making noises that he asked you to stake her body before you went out after the vampires. Is that true?" Her voice was soft, matter-of-fact. But she was paying attention to the answers. She didn't take as many notes as Dolph did. The notebook seemed to be more something to do with her hands than anything else. I was finally seeing Freemont doing her job.