“A jealous ex-husband or boyfriend?”
“I haven’t encountered one of those for a while.”
“But you do have a history.”
“You are well aware that I’m between relationships at the moment. Which means there are no exes who have reason to be jealous of me.”
“I’ll concede the point for now.”
“That’s very generous.”
Fifteen minutes later, a uniformed officer arrived with a plastic bag, inside of which was Stone’s phone. Dino took the bag, thanked the officer, then handed the phone to Stone.
“Okay if I take it out?” Stone asked.
Dino nodded.
Stone removed the phone, then opened it via the face recognition lock. His normal home screen appeared.
“Swipe back and see which app was last opened,” Dino said.
Stone did as instructed. His calendar app appeared, showing the entire month.
“Why would they be looking at your calendar?” Dino asked.
“Your guess is as good as mine.”
“Could be that they accidentally opened it when Fred surprised them. What app was opened before this?”
Stone swiped again, and his email app popped up.
“This is a bit more interesting,” Dino said.
Stone checked the sent file to see if the men had sent anything from his account, but there was nothing there that shouldn’t have been. He checked the other files, but all seemed as it should be.
Stone thought for a moment, then said, “Fred, I know you said it looked like they’d unlocked my screen, but perhaps they were trying to figure out my code.”
“It is possible, sir,” Fred said. “I wasn’t able to actually see the screen.”
“What wedoknow is that they wanted to get into your phone for some reason,” Dino said. “If they didn’t succeed,they might try again. My suggestion is don’t go anywhere alone for a while.”
Stone nodded. “Good point.”
“Fred, when you get a moment, I’d like you to go down to the station and work with a sketch artist while the attackers’ faces are still fresh in your mind. You can also give your statement then.”
“Understood, Commissioner.”
The curtain opened again, and a smiling nurse carrying a clipboard entered. “I hear it’s time for someone to go home.”
Chapter 13
Stone had a fitful nightand woke up Wednesday morning sore and tired.
It didn’t get any better when he stepped into the bathroom and saw a faint but unmistakable bruise on the right side of his jaw.
He touched it and winced.
“Great,” he grumbled.
