Hometown Detective

The General Manager (Part 6)

Josh walked into the room and sat down at the interview table. He had a huge smile on his face. He was waiting for James to walk back into the room.

"How did I ever guess you were in here Zane?" asked Josh

I stayed completely silent. James still wasn't back yet.

"You have always been the one that Edwardo kept a close eye on, how do we know you did not sneak in this morning and murder him yourself?" asked Josh, but again, I stayed silent.

James came into the room with a glass of Pepsi, and didn't bother sitting down, instead, he paced the room.

"Okay Josh, explain to me your relationship with Edwardo." commanded James.

"We had a good relationship. I mean, yea, we didn't see eye to eye on a lot of things, but that is because we have been together for 13 years." replied Josh," and I can promise I did not kill Edwardo."

"I am waiting for my assistant to bring me a lie detector test. He should be here any minute. I want to see who is lying." replied James, " If you are lying to me, you can get up to life in prison."

"I can promise you I am not lying." replied Josh.

"Okay, where were you at eight this morning?" asked James.

"I was at the supermarket. We ran out of things last night, so I ran to the store to get more supplies because sometimes you have to do that when running a restaurant." replied Josh sarcastically," I don't fully understand why you were called. This is a murder, but it doen't mean it is an inside job."

"You may go. I am going to write your name down." replied James.

Josh got up and looked up at me. He smirked and then turned and walked out into the dining room.

James looked at me and rolled his eyes. He didn't even ask me what I thought, he grabbed his lunch out of the fridge.

Josh walked into the dining room and looked around. He looked into the kitchen and saw James and I talking while we were making our lunches. He then looked at the room.

"Okay Listen up. They are on a lunch break. So, I am going to talk." whispered Josh," I about an hour, there will be a second detective showing up to the scene of the crime with a lie detector test. So they can get to the bottom of this quicker. I know someone here killed him, but I don't want to know who. We have to figure out a way to stop this officer from getting here.

They had a conversation, and Josh and Zander left. The rest of them stayed back to continue the interview process. James walked into the room shortly after.

"Okay, I notice two of you left. Where did they go?" asked James politely.

"I think they went to get everyone food. We have been here all day and haven't even been offered anything." explained Chris Allen.

"They weren't supposed to leave. When they come back I will interview them some more I guess. Stay here, and I might have Zane make you all a pizza." replied James.