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“He’s the same as he was when he arrived,” the detective replies. “One foot in the grave and one out. I simply want to know who inherits, should both land in the dirt.”
“I was never under the impression that I’m going to inherit,” I say. “Thus why I made my own money.”
“Why is that?” the detective asks.
“Because I hate him,” I say, seeing no reason to lie. “I don’t want anything that’s his.”
The detective shoots me a skeptical look. “And yet you’re here?”
“He’s still the only living parent I have and I want to know why a strange man visited his room before he went down.”
“It was a heart attack,” Isaac snaps. “His visitors are not your business.”
“Not your ordinary visitor,” Savage interjects.
“Who the fuck are you?” Isaac snaps.
“I’m the guy who will happily bust your chops,” Savage replies, “and be equally fine when the detective arrests me for doing it. Though if he spends much more time with you, he might just cheer me on. And for your information, smart guy, if the detective here believed it was just a heart attack, he wouldn’t be here.”
I eye the detective. “Unless he chooses random rich heart attack victims to visit and make feel special? Perhaps with a donation in mind?”
The detective scowls at me. “I want to know what really happened to your father. Someone standing in this circle knows.”
“And the doctor’s opinion means absolutely nothing,” Isaac replies. “Is that a new creative police protocol we should know about?”
“If you want to go with the doctor’s word,” the detective states, eyeing me “then what does the man who visited his room matter?”
“I never said anything about the doctor’s opinion. That was brother dearest.”
“Because,” Harper states, as if I haven’t answered, “if it was more than it seems, my mother could be a target.”
“You’ve always been melodramatic, Harper,” Isaac scoffs.
“Says the man who threw a fit and tossed boiling water on his brother’s arm?” she charges.
I stiffen, not happy that she’s doing this. It makes me look weak, not strong. “I’m sorry,” she says, turning to me. “I know I’m not supposed to know, but he actually bragged about it at a party. He talked about taking down the big, bad SEAL who must not be big and bad at all. He’s a monster that does things normal humans do not.”
“You threw boiling water on him?” the detective asks, his attention hyperfused on Isaac.
“She’s an exaggerator,” Isaac states. “She wasn’t even around when Eric and I lived together.”
“And yet we’re incestuous?” she challenges.
I grab her and turn her to face me. “Stop.”
“He’s capable of things I don’t like to think any human being is capable of.”
“Did he burn you?” the detective presses.
My jaw clenches and I rotate Harper, pulling her around to face the others, under my arm and by my side. “She’s worried about her mother. Worry about the people who need saving. I’m not one of them.” I eye Isaac. “I’m going to see our father.”
“I’m not done asking questions,” the detective states.
“You don’t have the right to ask questions about a heart attack from natural causes. Let me know when you actually get serious about a real investigation.” I pull Harper around the group and she and Savage enter the elevator with me.
Adrian stays behind.
The detective steps in front of the car. “I don’t remember anyone saying the heart attack was from natural causes.”
