Trenton Balkin
Bill Farmington
Ernie Kotile
Hector Del Rio
Alexi Redmond’
Immediately, she saw names she didn’t recognize, and the city ME. She actually believed she was having a stroke. Did she miss something?
“Uh, what’s with the names we didn’t go over?” she asked. “Where did they come from, and why does the ME have a place on our list?”
Gene sat down.
“Know how you told MATE to do a deep search on him, and then forward everything to me? Well, she did. Also, the two detectives did the same thing. They found some names. I’m the keeper of the whiteboard, apparently.”
She was curious.
“Okay, then, let’s start at the top. I know Callen is researching everyone we spoke to, and doing runs on their families…”
He stopped her.
“I was at a cemetery. I’ll be doing all that tonight. You’ll have everything as soon as I get it. We aren’t all your favorite like Gene.”
She actually laughed.
“I mean, he’s new so…”
He flipped Gene off because he’d never flip his wife off. As he did, Gene just chuckled.
“Oh, to be her favorite. Ironically, it has nothing to do with my dick, and everything to do with my personality. You should buy one.”
Callen laughed.
He loved bantering with Gene.
It was always amusing.
When she cleared her throat, they knew she wanted to rest at some point, so they needed to get moving.
“I’m recording this,” he said, pointing to his phone. “So we can just forward this to Ethan when we’re done. I know he’s up working on his profile, and getting ready for tomorrow.”
She didn’t mind.
“Love you, EJ. Miss you,” she said, so he’d randomly hear it when he listened back.
Then, Gene began.
“At the top of the list is the person we spoke to first. We’ve had confirmation from Gabe that he’s gay, and on the up and up. That, along with the fact that rich men don’t like to get their hands dirty, tells me he’s in the clear,” he said, looking at Callen to bust his ass.
He didn’t let it go.
“I’m about to get my hands real dirty when I punch you in the mouth.”
Gene winked at him.
“On top of that, we found out that last year, he inherited the place from his father. The two detectives are still working on the dig to see who owns Sundown Real Estate. They haven’t updated me about that yet.”
