Rizzles Story

Chapter 48

With John

John: Skylar blue. Uh, well, not much call for it unless you own a '55 pickup.

Korsak: Was it only used in 1955?

John: June '55 to april '58. People got tired of the dark blue. This one's sort of a turquoise/robin's egg, and then people got tired of that. Americans and their cars. We're picky.

Frost: Have you sold any recently?

John: Yeah, I can check.

Frost: How good are your records?

John: Oh, well, at $290 a gallon, it's not exactly walkinout the door. We're not talking a lot of people. Well, please give us a list and add, uh, your employees and day laborers for the last five years. I'll fax it over right away.

Korsak: No, we'll wait for it now.

John: This is serious.

Korsak: Where were you last night around 8:00, Mr.Harris?

John: Well, gee. I was here. We're open till 9:00. I have the surveillance tapes.

Frost: Great. We'll take those and the list of customers and employees.

John: Right away.

They get them and go back to BPD.

At BPD

Arizona: Hey. Still no sign of Jane.

Frost: We recanvassed the neighborhood.

Tom: What about the paint dealers?

Frost: Korsak and Wheeler are running the customers and the employees through N.C.I.C. So far nothing.

Korsak: Hey, Frost. John harris, the paint dealer we saw this morning? He had a 15-Year-Old daughter. She ran away 16 years ago. Disappeared. A lot of cops worked on the case on and off, Especially after they found her dead.

Frost: Where'd they find her body? It was five years ago.

Korsak: Her remains were dug up in a park near san mateo. Frost, look up the case in the cold case database. See who they suspected of the killing.

Frost: It says that a couple of the cops liked the Harris' son.

Korsak: Billy.

Frost: Yeah. He was in the file. Of course, harris and his wife didn't want to hear it. But could a boy that age kill a 15-Year-Old girl and dispose of the body?

Korsak: I've seen worse.

Frost: They kept an eye on him. He got into some fights, in and out of juvie. The kid always just seemed wrong.

Tom walks up.

Tom: What do you got on billy harris?

Frost: Uh, he works in his father's shop. You know, harris didn't have him on the employees list. Shift manager says he's been out sick for three days.

Tom: Ask Korsak wher-

Frost: He lives in his father's house.

Tom: Get a warrant, text me the address, and I'll meet you there.

At the Fathers House

Mr.Harris: I don't understand. Why are you looking for Billy? What is this about?

Frost: Take Mr. Harris outta here.

Mr.Harris: This isn't right. This is my house.

Korsak: Get him outta here!

Frost: Korsak, nothing in the basement.

Officer: D.M.V. Report. Billy harris has got a 1956 f-100 pickup, color blue.

Frost: Thanks. The layout of this room look familiar?

Korsak: This was the daughter's room a long time ago, Just like in the file photos.

Frost: Mm-Hmm. No sign of Jane in this house. No blue pickup truck in the garage.

Korsak: It's not here because he's driving it.

Frost: Korsak! The crystal rabbit, the lilacs, the brass tub- All of these things belonged to Rachel Harris when she was 15. Billy Harris is the kiss me not killer.