“Well, I might have a date on the island.”
“On a school night?” Jane teased.
Sullivan laughed. “Yeah. I’ve been seeing this guy for a few weeks. It’s nice. But I’ll be staying over at my aunt’s. I’ll be sleeping atherplace, not his, since you’re too shy to ask.”
“And because I don’t care.”
“I’m hurt.”
“Yeah, yeah.” Jane liked Sullivan. Finding a female friend, of which she didn’t have many, who both understood and appreciated what she did wasn’t easy. Sullivan lived the life and had a sense of humor about it. Jane liked that.
“So why are we here gossiping like old ladies? And why shouldn’t I have brought Rob?”
Jane frowned. “I didn’t say you couldn’t bring him.”
“Oh. I kind of thought this was hush-hush.”
“It is. But Williams is okay. Isn’t he?”
Sullivan nodded. “Right. Well, maybe I held back because I didn’t want to him to know about my date. He’s a little…”
“Into you?” Jane said wryly. Everyone knew about Williams’ crush on his fellow agent.
“Yeah.” Sullivan sighed. “I don’t want to make him feel bad.” She shivered in her coat. “But whatever. Tell me why we’re here talking about Jon Haversham and some serial killer you’re looking into.”
Jane stilled. “How did you know about the serial killer?”
“Code Blue?” Sullivan snorted. “Creative name there.”
“I didn’t name him.”
“Yeah, well, it’s a hot topic at the office.”
“But who told you?”
“I forget. But rumor has it they brought in some new hotshot to handle the task force. Then Matthew mentioned your date, and I put two and two together.”
“You didn’t believe I was dating the hotshot?”
“No. Because if you were, you’d never go someplace where tons of government employees hang out. You’d go somewhere private for snuggles withGunther Rapp.” Sullivan gave her a sly grin. “Are you working that angle? If so,go, Jane.”
“Shut up.”
Sullivan laughed. “Okay, sorry. You wanted me here. Talk.”
“Haversham. He’s good friends with Matthew.”
Sullivan nodded. “What’s the big deal? We all know Matthew’s headed on to bigger and better things. All those family connections and money. I do understand why he’s been working so hard to close this case with Simmons. A DEA fella dying under his watch isn’t good.” She paused. “But honestly, I think he actually cares about Dan. He sounded broken up about it.”
“Because he’s guilty?”
“I don’t know. But I do know he spoke to Dan’s boss. He told Haversham it was one of the worst conversations he’d ever had. As in, a true tragedy.”
Jane had her doubts about Scott’s sincerity. “Right. But back to Haversham. When you worked in Las Vegas, do you remember cases involving the Kaminski family? Or maybe a big organ theft ring?”
“The Kaminskis? No. But the organ theft thing was huge. You don’t remember the Harvesters case?”
“No, but I’ve been reading about it.”
