Damien nodded.
“Do you think that’s how Ms.Mercer got in?”
Damien shrugged.“I have no idea.She was coming from the opposite direction when I saw her.I don’t know if she came up another stairwell, or if she came in a different door.I don’t know much about the building.”
Pryce opened his file.“It appears as though there’s a back entrance.It’s always locked, supposedly.It’s an emergency exit, not intended to be an entrance, but if she went in that door, she could have used the stairs here.”Pryce spun the floor plan for Damien to look at where he pointed.
Damien oriented himself with it and found Harmony’s apartment.“I came up these stairs.Ms.Mercer was coming from here.When she saw me, she turned around and disappeared around this corner.I don’t know where she went from there, but the cops who showed up said she was running out the front door when they saw her.”
Pryce nodded.“They said she ran out the door as they were approaching it.That’s how they got into the building.”
“You know, sharing all this with a suspect isn’t really a good idea.”
Pryce snorted.“You’re not a suspect.”
“It didn’t feel like it a few minutes ago.”
Pryce shook his head.“The way she was killed says she messed up.”
Damien’s brows shot up.“What does that mean?”
“She was left on a park bench.Posed to look like she was praying.Her hands were bound together, her feet the same.She was stabbed in the back, between the slats of the bench where she sat.”
“Holy… I wasn’t happy to find her following Harmony, but I certainly wouldn’t wish that on her.”
Pryce nodded.“She was an example.A warning to others.”
“Who are the others?”
“That’s what we need to figure out.”
“Have you looked into Grant Pickens?”
“Why him?”
“Harmony saved him, and now she’s being stalked and harassed and threatened.”
“What’s his connection to Pamela Mercer?”
Damien shrugged.“I don’t know if he has one.”
“You can’t make accusations like that without a reason.”
“Then I retract my statement.”
“We’re not in court.”
“And I’m not going to tell you how to do your job.”
Pryce held Damien’s gaze for a long moment, then stood and offered his hand.“I’ll be in touch.”
Damien shook Pryce’s hand.“I’d expect nothing else.”
Pryce opened the door for Damien and came face-to-face with Marcus.Marcus looked between them and focused on Pryce.“We have a problem.”
Ten
Damien knewhe should walk down the hall and out of the police station, but when Marcus spoke, he listened.
