Accidents Will Happen

Chapter 9

     Detective Bucci leapt out of the police wagon before the tires stopped rolling. Lieutenant Henderson met him on the University steps, a sheet of paper waving from his fingertips.

“I got the warrant to search the place. Judge Bean wasn't too happy about it. I interrupted him in the middle of his dinner party.”

“Tough, the old man needs a few less calories anyway.” Bucci mumbled, grabbing the warrant from the young officer's hand. “Come on, we gotta find this guy Tim Leere before he gets away with the evidence.”

The two men hustled up the cement steps leading to the science building.  Bucci recognized the merri-cupola vine engraved on the mammoth door.  

Just a few yards in front of them, hurrying from the front staircase, a balding man toting a laptop, was shooting sinister looks their way.

“Hey Mister,” Bucci yelled. “Can you point us in the direction of the chem lab?”

“Chemistry?” The man asked as he pawed his straggly hair. His eyes darted from side to side as he fidgeted with the keys he pulled from his coat pocket.   “Upstairs, second floor, room 282.”

     Bucci and the Lieutenant took the steps two by two. The hall upstairs was nearly empty as they rushed down the corridor, finally arriving at their destination. Bursting inside they were disappointed to see no one in the lab and obvious signs that someone had made a frantic effort to destroy possible evidence. Their murder investigation was about to escalate.

Meet the author of this segment: Linda Sawicki loves to write and has done so all her life. She has recently published her first YA novel, "And The Fifth Element Is Fear," available on Amazon.com. She also participated in a collection of stories included in "Hapless Halloween - Twenty five Twisted Tales of Terror abd Suspense " (Amazon.com e-book.) Visit her at Lindasawicki.com or e-mail her at linda25247@yahoo.com