Civil Twilight. Susan Dunlap
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“Do suicides usually take a running leap?”
“There’s wind.”
“Not enough for that short a drop. If she stepped off the edge, she’d’ve landed next to the building.”
“You forensics?” He eyed me, then John.
“I’m talking the mechanics of falling. To leap that far, you need a running start.”
“Look—”
“No, you look. Look at where the road is. If you wanted to jump would you believe you could jump that far?”
“We’re not talking about me. We’re—”
“A jump like that, it’s Crouching Dragon. If you had to leap that far between buildings you’d be dead. You’d need to run, to get up speed.” You’d need a ramp, a catcher, a dummy, and a damned good editor back in the studio.
“Or you’d need to be pushed,” John said. “Anyone working on that?”
“I don’t know. You’d have to ask the detective.”
“Who is . . . ?”
“Broder.”
Bad, very bad. Bad enough John’s car caused the mess outside of his woman’s house. Broder’d been after John already, but now he’d have live ammunition, too, for his hunt. When he found out John’s brother was the victim’s attorney, that his sister had spent the afternoon with her, and that she’d been able to steal John’s car because he’d left the keys in it, John would be not merely toast, he’d be charred crumbs. As for me, I’d be sitting in an interview booth till sunrise. And Gary, who’d set this whole thing in motion, I didn’t want to think about him. Whatever his reason, I was sure it was no prank. When he learned how Karen died he’d be devastated. He’d need time, before the police caught up with him, to stop feeling guilty and start thinking like a lawyer again.
When Broder asked, John would have to have answers; he’d have to be straight with him. Which meant, we needed to get out of here. Now.
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