Hearts, Flowers and Crime
Chapter Two
"What the hell happen here Castle?" Sergeant Esposito had to asked to see the mystery writer involved once again with another shooting.
"I just don't understand it Espo. The two from the Waterworks company were called from the owner of this store to have the heating system fixed in the back. Its been too cold inside the past 24 hours, and the owner David Reynolds called for two to come and fix it. However as they went into the back, I heard shooting moments later and ran to find out what had happened."
"Are you able to give a description of the two Castle?" Detective Ryan with his note pad was ready to write down his notes once he heard what Castle had to say.
"Yes, I can Ryan. Plain as day since the both of them were not wearing any type of masks. No doubt the camera system in this store probably have a recording of the shooting either inside the office or seeing the both of them talking to Mr. Reynolds." Castle said with feeling bad that the owner was killed. He just hopes with his Valentine order will be delivered in the morning. He needed to talk with one of the female employees and find out after he was done talking to the two detectives.
"I find this bro rather strange to have two men come in to shoot him for no reason. We will be needing to dig into his back ground and see what type of money issues he might of had with running this store." Esposito made the suggestion to Castle looking around. "I wonder on whether anything was taken from the back?" He said with walking towards the curtain with Castle to take a quick look. While the employees were working to get their customer orders out on time and including Richard Castle.
After checking the area. The vault was closed to indicate that it wasn't open during the shooting. However it would seem the computer terminal was on at the time and a file on the screen. They asked one of the female employees to come inside to be asked a question.
"What is it sir? I was told that you needed to ask me a question about a computer file on the screen." She replies to walk over to take a look at the file.
"What is this file Mrs. Chambers?" Esposito is anxious to know the information on the screen.
After a moment of sitting down at the terminal. "Now this is strange sir. I don't know why Mr. Reynolds would have this up on the screen. This is a list of people he owns from the past year to refinance the store. This states that a loan shark working for the Gambino family are still looking for their funds. He had listed the amount to be around $100,000."
"It's a no wonder he was shot Esposito. The mob is looking for their money and why he was killed in the first place." Castle says with shaking his head and Mrs. Chambers starting to cry...
After copying the file and checking further inside the office. The police went out front to speak with the employees. While Doctor Syndey Perlmutter and a male technician were removing the body of David Reynolds to the morgue and a autopsy done on what exactly killed him either the bullet to the head or his chest.