Cade came around his desk to greet Kresley properly. He closed his office door and made sure the blinds were closed. He then roughly pulled her into his arms and bent her over his arm, slamming his mouth down hard on hers. She eagerly opened for the thrust of his wonderful tongue, loving how he tried to fill all of her mouth, doing sweeps back and forth, staking his claim over every bit of her. “Hello, my beautiful fiancé”, Cade stated with a huge smile. “I’m glad to see you baby. I wish it wasn’t for case purposes, but still glad to be able to sit in the same room as you.”
“Ditto! But you saw me just this morning, over coffee and a donut. Which you fed to me, even though I argued. You do realize I can never eat a donut in the same way again, right? A bite of donut followed by a hot, wet French kiss isn’t the norm, baby. But it’s all I can think about, so let’s get business out of the way first so we can leave and go home. Maybe we can make-out before my sisters and Grace drop on top of us like the house in The Wizard of Oz. What did you need me for that involves the criminal cases?”
Cade grinned at his fiancé and just shook his head. Oh, the verbal tangents she goes on were priceless to him. He wished he could record her talking when she tells stories. “We’ve gotten footage of the parking lot at Fiona’s Fabrics from the day of the murder. We wanted you to take a look at it and let us know if you recognize anyone. It’s a long shot, but we need to try at least.”
Kresley wrinkled her nose at the thought of reliving that day, but she quickly nodded her head and stated, “Sure, I’m okay with that. Where do I need to go?”
“We’ve got a viewing room down the hall with a TV set up and have the video feed ready to play. We’ve already watched it ourselves, so don’t worry about any surprises or anything bad”, Cade stated, running his hand along Kresley’s arm. He reached down and took hold of her hand, feeling her ring pushing into his as he held her hand and walked her to the viewing room a few doors down from his.
“Here you go baby. It’s all ready to go. All you need to do is take the remote and click on play. If you see something or need to remember something, just pause the video and come get me. Okay?”
“Got it. Thanks honey”, Kresley warmly replied, kissing Cade on his mouth and watched him leave the room. She took the remote control and clicked on play.
She sat for several hours, viewing the different camera angles of the parking lot. As much as she wanted to notice something, she didn’t think she was going to be much help. She was about to give up when she noticed the section of buildings to the right side of the parking lot. It was several shop buildings placed next to each other, but between each there was a 3 to 4-foot gap, like a narrow alley. Kresley got a glimpse of a white vehicle parked behind one of the stores. Right after she drove up and went into Fiona’s Fabrics, a shadow could be seen running to the back of those stores. Then the white section of the vehicle moved. But the angle of the camera and feed quality prevented Kresley from seeing anything in detail. The shadow just looked like a dark blob with no discerning shape or size. She wrote down the time stamp at that moment in the video and then walked down to Cade’s office.
As she approached Cade’s office door, Kres could hear Cade talking to someone. Maybe he was on the phone. She recognized Boomer’s voice, too. They must be conferencing about the case. Then a feminine voice filled the silence and Kresley froze in the hall outside the door. She recognized that voice, as well. That bitch. She better be here in a professional capacity only, Kresley fumed silently. Then she straightened her back, thrust out her breasts just a little, and sashayed into Cade’s office, ready to do battle.
Kresley walked in the door of his office and Cade quickly stood up to greet her. It made her feel special for him to walk to where she was and give her a gentle kiss on her cheek. He reached for her hand, putting gentle pressure on her engagement ring. He then turned to Officer Shelton and Boomer, still holding Kresley’s hand in plain sight.
“Officer Shelton, I think you remember Kresley Anderson”, Cade stated in a firm voice. He brought Kresley’s hand to his lips and placed a gentle, loving kiss there. Cade was highly sensitive to Kresley right now, and remembering her last words with Stella, he knew she would be feeling uncomfortable. He wasn’t going to let anything get in the way of he and Kresley again.
“Yes, I seem to remember our last time together”, Officer Stella Shelton stated with a smirk. She held out her hand to Kresley. “Nice to see you again Ms. Anderson.”
Kresley reached out and shook the officer’s hand quickly, choosing to remain quiet. She stiffened and shot her eyes up to Cade with his next words.
“Actually, Stella, it won’t be Anderson for very much longer. Kresley and I are engaged.” Cade took their held hands and held out Kresley’s for Stella to see the ring he had put there.
