She Cradled the Smoking Gun: Ch 10
Stone talks over what could have happened during the murder, Lisa Kaye confronts an agonizing truth.
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There was absolutely nothing to suggest that Paul Kaye was murdered by some outside attacker. The assailant didn’t ambush from the hallway or a side room. Given the angle of the wound and where the body fell, the assailant had to have shot from behind.
Stone was deep in thought and didn’t notice the traffic buzzing by the hamburger stand.
“You not eating?” Jake Sharpe, Stone’s partner on the force and longtime friend, finished a French fry.
“I’m thinking.”
“I’d been thinking about eating, but now I’m done.” Jake sounded relaxed. “Do you think the killer could have confronted Kaye in his bedroom?”
“Possibly. This one has me baffled.”
“And no sign of a struggle?”
“None whatsoever. The bed looked like it was slept in with a blanket and sheets pulled back. Everything looked normal.”
“So instead of this assailant being a stranger, the person may very well have known Paul Kaye. Someone Kaye was familiar with…
