Chapter Eight
As Miles hurried off to get Red at the police station, Myrtle approached Royce Rollins’s body lying at the bottom of the stairs. She realized her first impression had been completely correct and that the man was far past needing any sort of medical attention. She peered around to see if there were any obvious clues, but couldn’t see anything that pointed to what might have happened to him.
She backed away from Royce’s body and stood, hands folded and looking demure, just in time as Red jogged up. He stood staring at the scene and then said, “Okay, let’s all back up out of the way. Miles, can you go grab that crime scene tape that’s in my office? I’ve got to make a call to the state police and I don’t want anybody else coming up on this.”
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