The crowd hooted and hollered as she unclasped her bra with manicured fingers. The girls sprang free. Men drooled. Eyes bulged and jaws dropped.
Something told me Hannah did alright in a place like this.
35
“That’s the best news I’ve heard all day,” Hannah said with glee when we broke the news. She sat at our table while we finished lunch.
“Tell us how you really feel,” Jack muttered over the music.
“That is how I feel. Bitch made up all kinds of shit about me. DCF interviewed me. I almost lost my kids over that shit.”
“Where are your kids now?”
“My ex has them.”
“Sounds like you’re pretty pissed off,” I said.
“Wouldn’t you be? I couldn’t get a job in the industry. You think I want to be whoring myself out like this, having gross men paw all over me all day and night?”
She certainly had a motive for murder.
“Half the girls in here are coked out of their minds or drunk. Every day, I’ve got to psych myself up to come in here. Some ofthe girls love it, and they’re making it a career. God bless them, but this is only temporary for me.”
“What’s next?”
“I don’t know. Taking it one day at a time right now.”
“Where were you between 9 and 11:00 PM last night?”
Hannah hesitated. “Why? Am I some kind of suspect?”
“Well, Dr. Latham wasn’t exactly your favorite person.”
“I didn’t kill her. I would have liked to, but I didn’t. Sorry. You’re going to have to look somewhere else.”
“I will as soon as I scratch you off the list.”
Hannah stared at me for a long moment. “I was out with a girlfriend last night. We went to Tide Pool, got hammered, then hit Bumper and danced.”
I stared deep into those enticing eyes, looking for signs of deception. She didn’t blink or fidget. She hadn’t changed her blink rate or demeanor while giving her alibi.
“If you were out, why was your phone at your apartment last night?”
Isabella had given me the information.
Hannah gave me a quizzical look. “How do you know where my phone was last night?”
I said nothing.
“How did you get my phone records? Did you get a warrant for that?”
“It was a lucky guess. But thanks for confirming.”
Hannah frowned at me.
“What’s your friend’s name?”
“Sadie.” She pointed her out across the club. The gorgeous brunette gave a lap dance to an enthralled customer. “You can ask her yourself.”
