Heath nodded. “From the hospital.”
Scarlet arrived with Captain Marshall. “Hi, everyone.” She went to Oliver, too. Leaning over, she gave him a brief hug. “How are you?”
“I’m getting better.”
“One of my treatments helped Finn. I can do an attunement on you after this if you want.”
“Maybe.”
Daisy thought about reinforcing that but kept quiet.
Anabelle brought in a tray of coffee and tea, cups and wonderful smelling chocolate chip cookies. They thanked her. “I’ll be in the kitchen if you need anything else.”
When she left, Marshall sat forward in his seat. “Homicide found the man who murdered Cary Jacobs.”
“Then this is over?” Juliet asked.
“Not quite. The culprit, Spike Holder was released from prison two days before the murder.”
The air in the room deflated.
Finally, Heath said, “So Finn’s beating, the explosion, the snake, the barbells, they were all done by somebody else?”
“I’m afraid so. Holder was in prison when the first incidents happened, then he was in jail again when Oliver tripped. Somebody else did the other things.”
“Captain Marshall, we appreciate everything you’ve done.” Heath again. “But in light of this, what the hell is going on with your investigation?”
Marshall kept his calm, Daisy would give him that. He sat forward in his chair. “Believe it or not, I’m working hard on this.”
“Not hard enough.” Heath was obviously upset. “Two of our members have been physically hurt.”
“You’ve got to understand. The incidents are so different, we have multiple MO’s. We’re expecting that they’re all related but who knows?”
“You should know!” Finn, this time.
“I have an opinion.”
“Which is?”
“I think theyarerelated. I’m not big on coincidence. But I don’t have any idea how they’re connected. All I know is one person couldn’t have done it all.”
“How are you going to handle this better?” Heath pushed.
“I honestly don’t know anything better to do or I’d have done it. I’ve consulted with our best guys. They’re doing everything they can behind the scenes.”
“Can you call the FBI?”
“None of this is in their jurisdiction.”
“Maybe the aggregation of all six incidents would be enough.”
“Maybe. All right, I’ll call them.”
Daisy could tell he didn’t want to. Usually, she was more sensitive than this, but they were talking life and death here so everybody had to be vigilant.
* * *
Captain Marshall got back to them the next day. Oliver was still at Anabelle’s so the whole group met there again.