Hazard of the Hills by P.D. Workman

Author:P.D. Workman [Workman, P.D.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: pd workman

CHAPTER ELEVEN

As Margie had suspected, Evie Wyler had not posted anything on social media after retiring to bed the night of her death. No early-morning shots of the sun coming up or something of interest in the neighborhood.

So they ended up at the house in Wildwood again on Sunday morning. They might even wake Vance up. He said that he usually got up around eight, so he might be up already or still be in bed. It probably depended more upon what little Ada wanted than on Vance’s preferred schedule.

He came to the door in boxer shorts and a house coat, wrapping the housecoat around him and tying it up when he saw who it was. “Officers. Is there something I can do to help?”

Jones held the warrant up. “We have a warrant for your phone, sir. With the unlock code. And any electronics that belonged to your wife.”

He stared at her. “What?”

“We would like to see your phone, please.”

“Well…” he patted at the robe pockets and came out with his phone, but didn’t immediately hand it over. “I need this, though. I can’t just give it to you.”

“It’s evidence. You are ordered to hand it over.”

He shook his head in disbelief. “You really don’t know… you can’t understand. I need it for my business. For everything. My life is on that phone.”

“And if you dropped it in the toilet, you would find a way to replace it,” Jones said unsympathetically. “We are investigating the death of your partner. One would think that you would want to help out with that.”

“Of course I do. But I don’t see what this could have to do with anything.”

Jones put out her hand, and Vance handed it over, looking sick.

“Thank you, sir. Can you tell me whether you have any location sharing apps on the phone?”

“What? Location sharing? I don’t think so.”

“The ability to see where Evie was. Where her phone was. Is.”

He stared at her, blinking, trying to process her words. “No, I don’t think so.”

Jones looked down at the phone. “Are you both on the same account? Your phone service providers?”

“Yeah. She got onto a good plan, so I switched over to it a year or two ago.”

“You’re on a household plan?”

“Maybe. I guess so.”

“I need both of your phone numbers and your logins for your phone provider and the cloud services you use. And Evie’s email address account info.”

“I have her address, but I don’t know her login. Her password.”

“Why don’t you write all of the information you know down for us,” Jones suggested. “The sooner we have everything we need, the sooner you’ll be able to get your phone back.”

But Margie suspected he would never get the phone back. If Wyler’s death was found not to be accidental, they would need it as evidence. She was starting to be swayed to Siever’s thinking. Why would Wyler go out for a walk in the early morning and just walk off the edge of the hill? Drugs or alcohol? Sleepwalking? Suicide? Just tripping or stepping over the edge seemed less and less likely the more she thought about it.

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