Prologue
Felicia Scorpio-Jones stood on the docks waiting for Roy. He had just called her on her cell phone to let her know that he was running a little late.
While she was waiting, she stared at the new building that Roy had just purchased yesterday. It was an abandoned warehouse. He seemed awfully interested in buying up waterfront property recently. First Pier 52 and now this building.
She saw a figure walk up to the building. He looked around like he was trying to see if he had been followed. She recognized the man. It was Jason Morgan.
"What's he doing in Roy's building?" she asked herself.
Felicia was so interested in what she was seeing that she didn't hear Roy walk up behind her. He tapped her on the shoulder. She jumped and spun around. When she saw that it was Roy, she exhaled sharply.
"You scared me," she said.
"Sorry. What were you so interested in?"
"Jason Morgan just went into your new warehouse."
Roy turned to look at he warehouse and could see flames inside. Before he could say anything, they heard the sound of a gunshot coming from inside.
Roy and Felicia looked at each other then back to the warehouse. They weren't sure whether or not they had imagined the gunshot. As they stood there watching, Jason came out of the warehouse. He walked off and disappeared into the shadows.
The flames were now shooting out of the windows. "Call the fire department!" Roy yelled running toward the warehouse. He tried to get inside, but the flames were too intense.
About five minutes later, the fire department pulled up. "Is anyone inside?" one of the firefighters asked.
"I think so," Roy answered before the police pushed him back away from the building.
He and Felicia stood behind the police line watching. It took the firefighters about forty-five minutes to get the blaze under control. One of the firefighters approached the cop standing near them.
"Officer, we found a body inside. It looks like it may have been a young man."
"May have been?"
"Yes, the body was burned beyond recognition. But we found this wallet laying near the body. It wasn't burned too bad," the firefighter said handing the wallet to the cop. "But there is something else you should know. I don't think the man was killed by the fire, he was shot."
The cop turned to Roy and Felicia. "You two were down here. Did you see anyone snooping around this building?"
Felicia nodded. "We saw Jason Morgan leave the building just a few minutes after we heard a gunshot."
The cop nodded. "Well I guess we need to have a little talk with this Jason Morgan. Right now he is the prime suspect in the death of…" The cop stopped talking and opened the wallet and pulled out a partially burned drivers license. "In the death of Zander Smith."