No one minded.
“Sure!” Mitch said. “Anything to help you find who hurt our Megan.”
It was clear the man really cared about his employees. There was emotion in his eyes, and they understood that. There was no doubt he was thinking about how Molly could have been hurt.
Fathers worried.
Gene pulled up pictures of Ivey and Phylis to show them.
They passed the phone around, and when it got to Jimmy, he pointed. “This woman was here,” he said, pointing at Ivey. “She came up to her at the bar a few weeks ago. Maybe it was months. I don’t know. Time moves differently when you’re slinging drinks to drunks.”
Gene wasn’t surprised.
Randal Crest had said that she’d done just that. Everything was lining up in the questionings. So far, no lies were detected.
“What did they talk about?” he asked.
He shrugged.
“All I know is she hugged her, and then they talked for about five minutes, maybe. It was so loud in here. It was busy that night, and I was refilling drinks for the waiter, and covering Megan’s customers at the bar.”
What wouldn’t Gene give to be privy to that conversation?
“And the other one?” he asked.
Gene waited.
When the man flipped to the other picture, he shook his head.
“I don’t know if the other one was in here.”
He passed the phone to Molly, who worked the door. She checked out the two women.
“Uh, this one was definitely in here,” she said, verifying what Jimmy and Ivey’s ex had said. “This other one looks familiar,” Molly admitted. “What’s her name?”
“Phylis,” he said.
She stared at her.
“No, I’m sorry. I don’t know if she was or not. I see a lot of people. She could have been in here. I’m not one hundred percent sure.”
Gene pushed.
“If you were to give it a percentage. Zero being never saw her, and one hundred being definitely saw her, where would up place it?”
She didn’t hesitate.
“Eighty. Firm.”
Gene had an idea.
“Can you look at this person?” he asked, pulling something up on his phone. When he handed it to her, Molly nodded.
“Yeah, that’s Dave.”
Ethan lifted a brow. Then, he saw who it was. His partner was showing them Phylis’ husband.
“Yeah, he picks up food here when we open around lunch time,” Mitch said. “I think he said he takes it to his wife who works nearby.”
