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“I think I know what you're talking about,” Max said with a sigh.
“I know that face.” Mack laughed as he looked at the other man. “You already know someone like that, don’t you?”
“I do.” He said as he shook his head. “But I can’t do anything about that.”
“Why not?” Mack asked as he settled down into the chair. He could see Max getting uncomfortable, and he knew this was going to be good. Though he didn’t want to make the man in front of him feel that way, but it was a way to get the other man to finally open up. He had alluded to one woman for years now but never said anything about her. Everyone was starting to think she was not really real.
“She is a student,” Max said as he swallowed. “I had her in my first yea
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Max went back to his house again. The silence met him like an old friend. He started his normal routine of removing his clothes in various places of the house to make it easier to know where they were for the next day’s use. Though it was the weekend, he knew that he never really had any time off. Sometimes on Sunday, he had a few hours to unwind, but this pace of pushing himself was getting old.The words that Mack had said to him were still echoing in his mind. He couldn’t get rid of them. No matter how hard he tried, he kept hearing them over and over. It was when he sat down on the couch in his boxers, and he looked around to the emptiness of the house, and he closed his eyes for a minute he really knew that he wanted something different than what was in front of him.This was stale, and he was tired of it. Though he also knew that that meant he needed to figure everything out l
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Max rolled out of bed in the morning. He had made up his mind the night before. This was it. This was half a life for him to live, and he didn’t want to continue this. Henni and Mack were right. They had put it right in front of him, and he wasn’t dumb, so he saw it clearly. He went to go start the pot of coffee and put something on. As he was the one who could basically handle a case any way he chose, too, he knew that he would be driving out to the small town that he grew up in.That was the only way forward. He also knew that was the last place on the face of the earth he wanted to go to. This was for himself, and on a different level, this was for the victim. He knew that he had to separate the two things. He had to start thinking of the victim as that. She was just the victim of a crime.When he normally caught a case, he had to get to know the victim to understan
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“Well, that explains some of the change in you. Definitely, more than you used to be.” Harry said as he looked at him. He looked Max up and down, trying to size him up. “Why did you leave the military?”“I was medically discharged after being shot in the shoulder,” Max said as he looked at the other man. Knowing that sometimes having such a relaxed conversation, he could learn a lot more about the people involved. He looked at the man as he offered him a spot on a very well-used couch as a few of the kids came out of the hallway off t the side. They had to be the older kids that Samantha had before she was married to Harry. They were close to nine or ten.“Dad, can we go out and play?” The oldest girl asked. As Max looked at the girl, he could see why people might have thought she could be his. There were a lot of resemblances. Though he could see some of his brother in the gir
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The conversation went on, and the more time Max spent with the man he thought he knew, the more he knew this man had nothing to do with his wife’s demise. Though on the outside, it seemed like he was trying to cover something up, this was the exception to the rule of people saying they had nothing to hide. Max didn’t think Harry could hide anything. It wasn’t in his nature. There was no deception in his voice or tone. Max didn’t think he could lie if his life depended on it.It seemed Samantha had broken his will as well in many ways. Though he was trying to cover up his emotions, they would shine through at times that should they were real. Max thought of his friend and trainer in the army. Mitsuhide Akechi. The man was a legend in many circles, but he was one of the best shooters in the entire military, but he also had a way of knowing if someone was lying. Though Max
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As Max handed in the evidence and then got the receipt for them, he went to his office and then made the call to his captain instead of going into the office. “Hi, Anderson.”“How did you know it was me calling you?” Max asked as he chuckled.“Well, I can see you and the fact I just got a phone call confirming again that you were the one handling this case even though they requested a different detective to handle the case.” The man said as Max laughed to himself.“Well, that is why I was calling you to tell you I do believe my first thoughts were wrong,” Max said.“Hold on.” The man said as he got up and hung up the phone. He walked through the room that separated the two offices. He walked into the office and then shut the door
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Max squared his shoulders and walked out and nodded to the back rooms to the officer speaking to the people who had just walked in. “Separate rooms.” He said to the man.“Okay, Detective.” The officer said as he led the people back.“We are in a hurry, so you should come along, Detective.” One of the lawyers stated, and Max looked at the man. He looked him up and down. Max was not impressed, to say the least.“I will be there when I am done,” Max said. “You can just sit back and relax as I do what I do. It is just more billable hours for you.”“We are here voluntarily. “The lawyer said as he looked at Max. “We can just walk out at any time.”“Of course you can,” Max said as he grinned. “However, I am sure that your client wouldn’t want to give me or any of inclination of guilt. I mean, I
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Max took a deep breath. Whereas the last interview was simple, and he didn’t have time to process all the mother said he knew what was coming. He let it out, and then he walked into the room. This was going to bring on a headache. He knew this was going to be the complete opposite of the interview he just had.“Took you long enough.” The man said as he looked at Max. “Did you have a good time making me wait?”“I was talking to your wife,” Max said as he looked at the man. “Unfortunately, I have not learned how to be in two places at once as of yet. Though I do wish I did know how to do that. I would be able to get a lot more done.”“Was that supposed to be funny?” The man asked sarcastically.“Not really,” Max replied as he took his seat across the table from the man. “Now, could you possibly help me understand you
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“I don’t know what to tell you.” The man said as he looked at Max.“I just need the truth, sir,” Max said as he waited for the man to say anything that might be helpful. Instead of throwing roadblocks up to hinder the investigation. That made him look guilty of something. Though Max had no idea what it could be. There was something there in the darkness.“Samantha was a good girl.” The man said. “She just needed some extra help.”“What kind of help did she need?” Max asked.“Not drugs.” The man said as he looked at Max.“Then why was she there. Sir, I won’t stop until I find out. That is one thing anyone will tell you. I will not sign off on the case until I know that every I has been dotted and every tee has been crossed. I am not out to make Samantha look bad. I only follow where things ta
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