VIP Protector by Patricia Rosemoor

Author:Patricia Rosemoor [Rosemoor, Patricia]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Dangerous Love Publishing
Published: 2019-06-13T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Nine

As he mixed drinks that night, Blade tried to believe that Lynn would listen to him about Johnny Rincon. She didn't know who she was dealing with when it came to that scum.

Too bad she couldn't have reached him by telephone, because then maybe they could be sure about him one way or the other. They'd sent the audio files of Cooper and Wheeler's recorded voices to Logan and should have an answer about them sometime the next day.

All of which reminded him that he hadn't gotten back to Leroy, so on his first break, Blade made for the security office and used Logan's phone. Unfortunately, the man wasn't home, so he called Skipper's again and gave the owner his story about needing to speak to Leroy about a car.

And when Leroy got on the phone, he played right along. “I might have a lead on that Corvette you wanted. It's a little shaky, though.”

Blade knew the man had to be cautious about what he said in the likely event that someone would report anything suspicious back to Johnny. He'd noted the way the background sound had dropped, as if every ear in the bar was attuned to Leroy's conversation.

Blade asked, “So you spoke to someone who knows where Johnny was last weekend?”

Leroy laughed. “Yeah, I know, a Corvette's slung low and rides fast... kinda like a woman.”

“You're saying Johnny was with a woman?”

“That's what I hear.”

“Then you couldn't confirm that?”

“Afraid not. I couldn't get those specifications.”

Reading between the lines, Blade said, “No one actually saw Johnny around with this woman last weekend. Supposedly he was holed up somewhere doing the horizontal mambo.”

“That's exactly right. I'm not really sure about this one, though. But I'll keep checking on it if you're still interested.”

Not wanting Leroy to court any more trouble, Blade said, “Drop it. You've done enough.”

“Well, if you're sure I can't interest you. Good luck elsewhere, then.”

His mood darker than before, Blade made his way back to the bar only to find Stella there, waiting for him. He poured her a beer and set it down on the bar before her, just as Lynn joined them.

“How is the investigation going?” she asked Stella.

“The team has run through the list of suspects and we were able to catch up with all but the guy who went out of the country. I can't say I'm impressed with any of these jerks. But they all have alibis.”

“Including Johnny?” Blade asked, watching for Lynn's reaction.

But when Stella said, “Especially Johnny,” Lynn's reaction was neutral.

Whatever she was thinking, she was keeping it to herself.

Stella added, “Three of his boys say they were in an all-night poker game on Saturday.”

Blade shook his head. “Not according to Leroy.”

“Leroy? You involved Leroy? You know how many mouths that guy's feeding?”

“I told him to drop it. But according to him the word is Johnny was holed up with a new squeeze all weekend. And yet, no one saw him with or without a woman.”

“Well, well, well.” Stella grinned at him.

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