Her heart rate picked up. Now, they’d be able to ask question and possibly put this whole thing to rest. The idea of someone kidnapping another person, especially a child, for money made her nauseated. Add killing a person to the mix, and she was sick. “Let’s give him a call and see what he has to say.”
Reid dialed the number, put the phone on speaker, and laid it on the table.
“Hello.” Andrew answered on the second ring.
“Andrew. This is Reid Lucas, and I have Quinn Matthews with me. I have a couple of follow-up questions about what we talked about at the cemetery.”
“Why should I even entertain the idea of talking to you and my brother-in-law’s mistress?” Disdain spilled over the line.
Reid bristled beside her. Quinn would be lying if she said his words didn’t cut deep. But she had to remember that it wasn’t important what other people thought of her. She was a forgiven woman.
“Because you may inadvertently be involved with Joe’s death.” Reid probably wouldn’t come right out and accuse him. They wouldn’t get anywhere like that.
“I’ve already told you. I quit that, uh, particular activity seven years ago.”
“Yes, but do you know a Betsy Cotton or a Madison…” Reid paused.
“Lindsy,” she said, supplying the last name she’d seen on Madison’s name tag.
The line was silent. The seconds ticked by. Andrew finally cleared his throat. “Why do you ask?”
Oh, he knew her all right.
“She’s in one of those pictures we found, and she’s on a list of names Joe kept of troublesome people he encountered.” Reid squeezed his hand closed and then relaxed it.
Andrew sighed. “Her name is Madison Lindsy. Betsy Cotton was an alias she used to get a job at the first bank that was robbed.”
He didn’t admit that he’d robbed it. Obviously, he wasn’t going to incriminate himself in case someone else was on the line or they were recording the call.
“She worked at Quinn’s bank back then, and she’s still there.”
“Yeah, we were a thing back then. When I quit my, uh, job, she wasn’t happy. Harassed Joe and blamed him for it. She finally calmed down. We stayed together for a couple of months. Then, she abruptly dumped me.”
“Any idea why?”
“I assumed it was because she found someone else to work for her.” Andrew emphasized the wordwork. “I vaguely remember her saying something about a bigger payday than I could provide.”
“Have you seen or heard from her since?” Quinn asked. So far, Reid had been asking all the questions.
“Not a peep.”
“Any way you can prove it?” she asked.
“Short of asking her yourself, all I have is my word.” Andrew huffed.
“That doesn’t help.” Reid tapped his finger on the tabletop.
“It’s all I’ve got,” Andrew said.
“Thanks for talking to us.” She wanted to end the call on a positive note. They may need to talk to him again later, and he wouldn’t be inclined to do so if they were hateful.
“I had nothing to do with Joe’s death. I promise you.”
Quinn wanted to believe he was telling the truth, but she didn’t.
“We shall see,” Reid said.
“Goodbye.” Andrew hung up.
