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“They’re fucking animals.”
“You don’t like them?”
He snorted. “I don’t like evil, undead things walking around. It’s sick, man.”
“Ever think about joining any anti-vampyr groups?”
“No.”
“Ever give a Helsing salute?”
It was a wild guess, but she saw him flinch.
“Don’t know what you’re talking about,” he said.
Sure, she thought.
“What about Marcus and Jacob? They feel the same?”
“They didn’t exactly love them.”
“You know Marcus had a Helsing tattoo?”
“No.” Immediate and defensive.
“You got any tattoos, Stephen?”
“No.”
“Cos sometimes kids get them together.”
“I’m scared of needles.”
Dan interrupted: “I don’t see what this has to do with anything. Kids get tattoos all the time.”
“Marcus was fifteen, sir.”
“That’s right. And now he’s dead. Killed by a vampyr.”
“Why don’t we go back to the night Marcus died?” Barbara said, not wanting to lose momentum. “Marcus was wearing a jacket?”
“Yeah.” Stephen nodded. “It was new.”
“And I bet it was cold that night.”
“Well, yeah. It’s always fuck—” He caught himself. “It’s always cold here.”
“Okay. But in the video, Marcus isn’t wearing his jacket. In fact, you can see it hung up on the wall.”
Stephen swallowed. The first tell, she thought.
“Any idea why that would be?” Barbara pressed. “Because it seems a little odd, if Marcus was surprised and attacked by a vampyr, that he would have time to take his jacket off and hang it up?”
“Maybe he took it off first?”
“You just said it was freezing.”
Stephen remained silent. Dan was frowning.
