With each hour, it got more difficult to catch this person, and they all knew it.
Forty-eight hours were up.
As the team did its thing, Gene moved them over so they could talk.
He was curious.
It was time to ask questions, and since he had two people here who had recognized her, he wanted to start with them.
“Okay, so you have seen her before. Do you know her outside of seeing her at the courthouse?” he asked. “So, someone can give us more information on her?”
Both cops shook their heads on that one, and with that went his hope of staying ahead of this mess.
Damn.
“I’ve only seen her a handful of times,” Dannie admitted. “Mostly, I think she handled any kinds of litigation against the city. I heard our boss say something about handling a sexual harassment thing against the city.”
Gene was making notes.
“I’ve only spoken to her in passing,” Dannie admitted. “You know, walking past her in the courthouse.”
Yeah, he understood.
Gene hoped they could find something, and fast. From where his partner stood, Ethan was being very quiet. While that was normal for him, it wasn’t for the cops.
Clearly.
“Is he okay?” Leah asked.
Gene nodded.
“Yeah, with the word‘liar’burned into her tongue, he’s skimming through his rolodex of cuckoo to see how this applies to the‘see no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil’bullshit. This is part of his process.”
Well, that was good to know.
“We’re going to have to work fast,” Gene admitted. “I want to research the fuck out of Vina and see if we can figure out how they connect.”
That made sense.
Ethan finally spoke.
“Is there anyway you can procure us a conference room where we can do some work?” he asked Dannie. “If not, we’ll need to work out of our hotel room. I need to do some research on a few things that might tie this together.”
The man nodded.
“Sure can. Give me a second to make a call to our boss. He’ll clear it,” he offered, pulling out his phone.
Ethan stopped him.
“DO NOT SAY A WORD ABOUT HER IDENTITY,”he warned. “If this gets out, he’ll know we’re right on his ass with the victim. Those things the cop found were hidden for a reason. This person doesn’t want to be caught with her things, and he wants to slow us down. Oh, and I’m saying HE as a placeholder. The jury is still out,” he stated, staring at Leah.
To her credit, she said nothing.
“Got it,” Dannie offered.
Then, Ethan focused on the female detective.
“Can you get the cops to push the media back further, so they don’t get a view of the victim?” he asked Leah.
