Page 28 of Fatal Intent

Sanders cast Maddox a sour glance before refocusing on Rayne. “What did you know about Ms. Baker and Mr. Rivers?”

“Nothing.”

Both detectives looked at her, skepticism clear in their eyes. “You’re dating Mr. Bowen and you know nothing about his former girlfriend?” Sanders asked.

“Our dating relationship is new.”

Conner frowned. “How new?”

“A few weeks,” Grant said. As far as he was concerned, he and Rayne had started dating during the undercover mission when they first met. He hadn’t been interested in anyone else since he'd met Rayne. “Talking about former relationships wasn’t at the top of my to-do list. I’m more interested in cementing what we have together.”

A quick knock on the door interrupted the question-and-answer session. “Come,” Maddox called.

One of the tech geeks stepped into the office with two flash drives. “This is the security footage you requested, sir,” the woman said and handed him the devices.

“Thanks, Bella.”

“Is there anything else I can do, sir?”

He shook his head. “Dismissed.”

“Yes, sir.” Bella exited the room and closed the door behind her.

Into the silence that followed, Grant said, “What was Dante’s cause of death?”

“You tell us,” Sanders snapped.

“Based on how Selena died, I’d say someone shot him.”

The detectives neither confirmed nor denied his statement. Figured. “Did anyone report a shooting?”

Conner and Sanders remained silent.

Again, no surprise, but he and Rayne didn’t have time to waste. Grant glanced at his boss. “We’re done here.” He stood and tugged Rayne to her feet.

“Wait a minute,” Sanders protested. “We haven’t finished asking our questions.”

“Really? Sounded like you had nothing else to ask, gentlemen. If you have a question you’re dying to ask, let’s hear it. Otherwise, Rayne and I have to go. We’re holding up our teams.”

The detective got into Grant’s face. “I don’t have a question, just an observation.”

“This ought to be good,” Maddox muttered.

Ignoring Maddox, Sanders said, “I think you and your girlfriend knew Ms. Baker and her boyfriend were in Hartman. You went to The Jade Hotel and confronted them. Things went bad, and you killed Mr. Rivers.”

Grant rolled his eyes. “Then I suppose I carried off Selena so she wouldn’t talk to the authorities, shot her off the road near my house, then called the Hartman cops to throw suspicion off myself, right?”

“You said it, not me.”

“If you really believe that, you and your partner don’t have a chance of finding the actual murderer.”

Rayne shook her head. “Your scenario makes little sense. Grant and I were both cops. Although I hate to make you more suspicious of us than you already are, we’re smart enough not to dump a body close to either of our homes.”

“Perhaps you’re just arrogant,” Conner drawled.

“Look in the mirror sometime, Detective Conner.”

Grant pressed his hand against Rayne’s lower back to get her moving. “Orders, sir?” he said to Maddox.