“His father is Devon Godfrey,” Ivy said in a small voice.
“Shit,theDevon Godfrey?” Darnell swore.
It clicked—why the surname had sounded familiar to Vaughn. Devon Godfrey was a power broker in Jersey. If he wasn’t worth a billion yet, he was damn close. Vaughn was also aware that Devon had donated quite a bit of money to the PPD.
“Yeah,thatDevon Godfrey,” Ivy confirmed.
“Fuck. I’ll call the captain,” Darnell said. His eyes drifted to Ivy. “He’s not going to be happy about this.”
“No, he won’t. We meet Delaney at the station, interview Ivy first. Then we call the captain.”
“He’s not going to be happy about that either,” Darnell reiterated.
“I don’t give a fuck. Ivy, I’ll be right back.”
Vaughn whistled, called Landon over. Met him halfway.
“We need masks for this one?”
“No. Knife wound. One victim—deceased. Weapon should be at the secondary location.”
Landon nodded.
“Delaney called that in already. I have a team over there.”
“Good. I need everything by the book with this one. Suspect’s father is a heavy hitter.”
“Understood.”
Vaughn returned to Darnell and Ivy. The way they fell silent the moment he came near suggested that they must have been conversing. His efforts to calm Ivy down had been erased. She seemed more agitated than ever.
Fucking Darnell.
“This is all over the radio, Vaughn. If we want to get an interview in before the captain catches wind of it, we should move now. I can take—”
“No. I’ll take Ivy. You take your own car.”
“You think that’s a good idea?”
“I don’t care if it’s a good idea. She’s coming with me.”
And I’m running the interview.
?Chapter 57
“You want somemore water?” Vaughn asked.
Ivy shook her head.
“You know you’re being recorded, right?”
A nod.
“Okay, so we’re just going to ask you a few questions about what happened. If you need a break or want to end the interview at any moment, that is your right. You are not a suspect, but you can seek legal counsel if you want.”
“I understand. I’m good.”
Ivy was a tough woman. Had to be, to have gone through what she had with her father. But she’d seen more death in the past two days than most cops did during their first few years on the job.
