CHAPTER ELEVEN
As Bill drove their borrowed car south to New Haven, Riley felt her emotions still reeling from the shocking scene they’d just witnessed. The image of the tortured young man crawling his way to solace in that odd padded box kept replaying in her mind.
She sensed that both Bill and Jenn had been struck by that encounter too. After a few minutes on the road, she felt that it was time to get some of their feelings out in the open.
She said to Jenn, “What do you think about Wesley Mannis now?”
Jenn paused for a moment, then said …
“I’m still not ready to count him out as a suspect.”
Jenn paused again, then added …
“For both murders, not just Robin Scoville.”
Riley was startled. Just yesterday, Jenn had agreed that it was unlikely that Wesley had killed Vincent Cranston i
