She told Rory about her dream, how it made her feel, and what happened this morning, step by step. Just being distracted and leaving without her phone.
“That sounds like Rene. Not really giving everything but enough. Maybe it was a good thing you were distracted enough to forget your phone.”
“It feels as if it was fate for me to do that and have to run back in. Then to have the guys see it.”
“What were they doing watching you?”
“Are you jealous?”
He laughed. “No. Not in the least.”
“Well, I do have a skirt and heels on. I’m sure they heard the clicking on the pavement. Some of them made eye contact with me when I ran back in. Maybe they thought I was an airhead.”
“Never you,” he said. “Not if they know you. Do they?”
“Jared was in school with me,” she said. “I think a year ahead, not sure. I’ve known Rocco for years. He’s older than me, but is the project manager for the condos and always has been.”
“You’ve said his name before. That he works for Kane.”
“Yeah. I think Kane treats him like crap. I didn’t know his mother worked for Daniel before she retired, so my guess is Rocco got the job for that reason and Kane is the type to resent that shit.”
“Not our problem. How old is Rocco?”
“Not sure exactly, younger than Kane, why?”
“Just curious his age at the time Rene was killed.”
“He would have been in college,” she said. “Anything is possible I guess, but he’s quiet. He never says much. I even egged him on about Kane maybe not being an easy boss.”
“What did he say?”
“He alluded to his expectation that Kane was going to be worse when he had more power and authority, but then kind of backtracked as if he wished he hadn’t said it or someone didn’t witness it. Jared was riding his ass about Rocco never doing much more than telling them what to do per Kane’s instructions.”
“I trust no one,” he said.
“Here is Ford,” she said. “I’ll talk to you later. I’ve got to get a ride to my office and then figure something out. No way I can drive my car right now.”
She hung up with Rory and got out. The guys working on the building turned when the sheriff’s car pulled in.
“You didn’t touch anything, did you?”
“Nope. Only Rocco and Jared did. They ran their fingers through it to see what it could be.”
“Did you get pictures of it? It’d look funny if I did that right now and I’m not sure we want to alert anyone to what is going on.”
“I did. I took about four of them. Even joked I was sending them to you so you knew I had a car issue.”
“You’re good at playing up the ditzy woman,” Ford said. “How are you feeling?”
“Pissed off. I mean we know there is no way this is a coincidence.”
“Nope,” Ford said. “Not buying that. The question is, how are we going to play this? I’ve got a tow truck coming to get it for you. Someone I trust.” Ford looked around. “You’re parked on the end. The cameras don’t go out that far.”
“Yep, I gave whoever it was the perfect chance. That’s on me. Thanks for calling people you trust, though I didn’t doubt it.”
“He’ll bring it back to the garage and we’ll look it over and get it fixed. I’ll have to let the State Police know too. It’s hard to do all of this and not alert all the gossips in town.”
“We’ll have to decide if it’s worth hiding it now. They are getting bold. Do we let everyone know we are onto them?”
