The two police officers’ presence brought silence to the room. And everyone looked at them, wondering what would happen next. But instead of starting their questioning, the two men looked at their watch and just waited. Piper knew what would happen. These two weren’t high enough up the food chain to do the investigation into a murder of such a prominent citizen as Samuel Weston. She had a pretty reasonable suspicion the bigwigs had been called in.
Seeing everybody"s attention focused on the family, Piper quietly made her way over to stand next to Joel.
"Hey, there. What"s going on?" Piper asked him in an undertone.
"Hey, yourself. We"re waiting. The chief of police himself is coming out to question everyone." Joel"s answer confirmed what Piper had thought, but he didn"t seem to want to
