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Andrew: Not for sleeping. We had a late dinner at my place Friday night, dinner over at his on Saturday.
Detective Hardy: What time did you leave his cabin Saturday night?
Andrew: Before nine. We’re not exactly night owls anymore. There was a time, we might have sat up drinking till midnight. His leg was sore and I think he took a couple of painkillers.
Detective Hardy: What’s wrong with his leg?
Andrew: He was at a job site, up on a wall that was under construction, and he thought he could make the jump down instead of using the ladder. Broke his left leg below the knee. But it’s pretty much mended.
Detective Hardy: And Sunday morning? What happened then?
Andrew: I made my own breakfast but went over to his place for coffee around nine, I think it was.
Detective Hardy: So you didn’t see Mr. Raymus between nine o’clock the night before and when you went over for coffee in the morning.
Andrew: That’s right. We did some more fishing and then in the afternoon we both headed back.
Detective Hardy: Catch anything?
Andrew: No.
Detective Hardy: When did you get home?
Andrew: Just after three.
Detective Hardy: And Brie, she wasn’t home.
Andrew: (sighing) No. How many times have we been over—
Detective Hardy: But the car was there? And the house was unlocked?
Andrew: That’s right. When I couldn’t find her I thought maybe she’d gone for a walk.
Detective Hardy: So what did you do then?
Andrew: I called her cell. And heard it ringing in the house. Upstairs. It was plugged in to the charger, next to her bed. That didn’t make any sense. That was when I started to get worried. I searched the entire house. Wondered if she might have fallen down the stairs to the basement.
Detective Hardy: Why would you think that? Did she have a habit of tripping or something?
Andrew: No. But things can happen. I was looking everywhere.
Detective Hardy: When had you last spoken to her?
Andrew: The night before. She called me. We did a FaceTime thing so we could see each other. She told me about having some weird pest control guy there because she thought we might have mice.
Detective Hardy: She said he was weird?
Andrew: Yeah. I mean, nothing really crazy. That he was an exterminator who didn’t like to exterminate things. That struck her as kind of odd. Me, too. Have you talked to him?
Detective Hardy: Yes.
Andrew: You need to take a close look at him. He was the last person to see her alive.
Detective Hardy: Well, not technically. You saw her during your FaceTime chat.
Andrew: Okay, yeah, but he was the last person to actually be with her.
Detective Hardy: You said he’d have been the last one to see her alive. You think she’s dead?
