Chapter 23 - Kin Folk
Dana got cleaned up, put on the best outfit she had with her that was still semi-clean, then added her badge and her sidearm. She drove the half hour to Tap Root Hills in traffic that was still holiday light.
The management office for the little apartment complex was open with a single soul on duty. He glanced up from the football game playing on the television from where he sat on a sofa, when she entered the office, but he turned right back to the game without standing or saying anything. He held a plate of food in one hand and gestured with the other toward the front desk. When she didn’t move, he covered his mouth briefly while he finished chewing and then said, “Sign in over there.”
“Um, I’m Detective Rossi with the police department.” She pulled her wallet ou
