Free Freedom Fight: Beginnings Series Book 9 by Jacqueline Druga Page B

disagreeing about?”
    “Me. I’m off the suspect list one hundred percent.”
    “How can you say that?” Joe asked.
    “Oh my God, Joe, do you think I’m working with George?”
    “I didn’t say that,” Joe argued. “But what makes you think you’re in the clear?”
    “He tried to blow me up.”
    Everyone moaned.
    Robbie shook his head. “Henry, weren’t you the one who proved that to be an accident?”
    “Yes.”
    “Then he didn’t blow you up,” Robbie stated. “Henry stays on the list.”
    “So do you,” Henry told him.
    “What?” Robbie laughed. “He sent his SUTs after me.”
    “True.” Henry held up a finger. “But he also sent what he thought was a cure, so how do we know, he wasn’t trying to save you because you worked for him?” He saw a speechless look on Robbie’s face. “See, huh? Didn’t think of that, did you? No, I did. You were top on my list of suspects.”
    “Fuck you, Henry.”
    “Joe,” Henry tattled.
    Joe held up his hand. “Robbie, you stay on the suspect list until we go through your scenario and clear you. I stay too for that matter. Right now, we’ll go through these people we all listed one at a time and just for starters, let’s go with Ellen . . . What now, Henry!” Joe’s hand slammed down.
    “I didn’t list her, Joe. You said people we all listed. I didn’t list you either.”
    “No, you didn’t, Henry. We can’t even count your list because you only had two suspects, Robbie and Jason. Now let’s move on to Ellen. Start with means. Does she have the means?”
    Dean nodded. “Yes. The means was the reason I put her on my suspect list, especially with this new plague. Jenny was intentionally given this plague. Ellen had complete access to it at any time. And . . . and the tubes of blood being messed up, I distinctively remember Ellen in the lab directly before I went in to test Jenny’s blood.”
    “Stop.” Henry held up his hand. “Do you realize how many people were taking blood that day, let alone who was in the clinic and had access to the blood? You, me, Robbie, Johnny, and Jason were still working. John Matoose brought Joe into the clinic. Melissa was one of the last ones to get sick. Then there’s Patrick. I remember a lot of them going in and out of that lab.”
    “True.” Dean held up a pencil. “But did any of them have means to the virus?”
    Joe answered, “We can’t specifically say Ellen, or whoever, used the virus we had here. Whoever was working for George could have easily had that virus in their possession, but we did establish means for Ellen. Now motive.”
    Henry shook his head. “She has none.”
    “Not entirely,” Joe said. “If this post plague world could have a rich bitch that would be Ellen. Ellen was the most materialistic person I knew in the old world. If she had a chance to be involved with someone that would rule the world, she would. Hell, I remember her telling me she’d sleep with Ronald Reagan if it meant living in the White House.”
    Robbie, Dean, and Henry cringed loudly and audibly.
    Joe nodded. “See.”
    Henry disagreed again, “Not a good enough motive, not with all that happened to her in Colorado.”
    Robbie nodded. “I agree with Henry. Your motive isn’t good enough, Dad and she did go through a lot of shit. So . . . with that in mind, I gave it some thought and it turned out perfect. Ellen’s motive is revenge.”
    All three of them said at the same time “Revenge?”
    “Yep.” Robbie said. “Using what happened to his advantage, George moved in for the kill at the right time in Ellen’s life. She was trying to get over what happened to her. Frank was being a dick because she did Dean. George knew that and played on it. Listen to this . . .” Robbie proceeded to give his scenario. “It was late. It was during the time that Ellen was homeless and living from one place to another hoping to get back with Frank. She was not speaking to Dean and working all night in the lab. In