Jimmy agreed.
“Yep. That’s what he said,” he offered. “Maybe it’s once a month that happens.”
Gene was aware.
Again, that testimony was lining up too. So far, this case was a bitch because the only liar they ran into was the principal of the school.
Thankfully, Dannie had sent them a copy of his notes, and in them, it said that Dave picked up food for his wife and dropped it off at the business on occasion.
He had taken a shot at it.
“Has he ever come in with someone to eat here?” Gene asked.
Molly nodded.
“Yes! That’s how I recognize her, but her hair was shorter when she came in. Dave is a sweetheart,” she admitted.
Well, they managed to tie all three together, sort of. They’d all been in here.
“Did she interact with the bartender?” he asked.
Jimmy looked unsure.
“I can’t say if she has. We don’t work doubles at lunchtime behind the bar. It’s not a biglet's get a drink’kind of time of the day. Mitch doubles us up after five.”
Well, that was so close, and yet…they were still left hanging on this one.
“Thank you,” Gene admitted. “We appreciate your help,” he said.
Seeing the Feds were done, Mitch sent them off. When they were gone, he lowered his voice.
“They did bad things to her, didn’t they?” he asked.
Gene nodded.
“Yes.”
The man looked conflicted.
So, Gene went there.
“If you knowANYTHING, or suspect something, we need you to tell us, no matter how small you think it is. It might help find who hurt her.”
Hearing that, Mitch kept his voice low.
“I had a thing with Megan,” he said. “It was on the DL because she’s the same age as my daughter,” he admitted. “She told everyone she was gay, but she wasn’t after we met. I guess she swung both ways because she was sleeping with me.”
Well, Gene hadn’t been expecting that.
“I want to let you know that, because we definitely hooked up, a lot. It was difficult to keep it under wraps with my kid working here, but we were doing just that. I didn’t want you to find out because that makes me look sketchy.”
Oh, that it did.
Honestly, Gene appreciated him being honest with him.
This was what he was talking about when it came to Robert Fergus. He hadn’t told them, but Mitch Kline had.
Neither man was shocked he didn’t want his daughter to find out about it. Not every kid wanted to see their parent engaged in aMUCHyounger woman.
