“This has nothing to do with them.”
“If you take up much more of my time, I’ll have to send you an invoice.”
“Nice try. You’re a public servant, and I’m the public.”
“You’ve been saving that one, haven’t you?”
“Maybe.”
“How can this humble public servant help you?”
“Last week, when Fred found me knocked out, he said one of the guys who jumped me was looking at my phone.”
“Um, yeah. That’s why we checked it for prints.”
“I think I know what he was looking for. Sort of.”
“I’ll bite. What was it?”
“If you recall, the last app open was my calendar.”
“Which you couldn’t remember if you opened yourself or not.”
“I’m going with not.”
“Then he was trying to figure out your upcoming schedule?”
“Maybe, maybe not. Joan said something that got me thinking. My calendar holds a lot of information.”
“I hate to break it to you, but that’s not a new thing. And it worries me that you didn’t realize that until Joan told you.”
“She didn’ttellme. She just got me thinking—what if the guys who grabbed my phone were trying to find out something about someone I had an appointment with?”
“Like who?”
“I have no idea.”
“So, what you’re telling me is that you’ve had an epiphany that provides no useful information.”
“Do you enjoy throwing water over my brilliant insights?”
“I don’t think you want to know the answer to that.”
“Hold on. Let me take a quick look at my calendar and see if something pops out to me.”
“Idohave actual police department business I need to attend to.”
“Oh, all right. I’ll tell you later if I find anything.”
“You can tell me at dinner.”
“IfTamlyn doesn’t mind.”
“What’s to mind? She loves my company.”
Chapter 30
Gennaro was contemplating his nextmove against Fratelli when the door to his office swung open, and Rosa stuck her head in. “You have a call.”
