Chapter 2
My boss didn’t read me the riot act when I got to work Tuesday morning. Only because they knew about the murder by the time I arrived home last night, according to him. He admitted he wasn’t happy I wouldn’t tell Ella Field anything during her interview, but left it at that.
The top story was, of course, Jake’s murder. According to an interview with Detective Irvin—one I didn’t get to film since I had known Jake—the police were still putting his death down to a burglary gone bad. Even though I didn’t believe that, I was glad he’d said it. The last thing any of us on the Lane needed was reporters going door to door trying to interview us because Jake had been killed by someone he knew.
I worked the morning and noon news and then headed home, my job over for the day. I barely ha
