"He's still drinking."
She nodded. "Sure. And using drugs."
Kendra wondered whether she was tired of her boyfriend being there while he lived off her. Why else would she tell Kendra so much about what he was doing that could put him in jail?
Finally, Baldwyn came out of the bathroom, and Kendra texted Grayson to tell him Baldwyn was joining them.
Baldwyn sat down to eat his dinner. Ivan looked shocked, like they should have just put him in handcuffs right away and taken him out to the vehicle.
She let Baldwyn eat. Oftentimes, if they were respectful toward the fugitive, they could get them to go with them without any trouble. They didn't have another case to handle right now, so it wasn't a big deal, and hopefully, he wouldn't delay the situation too long.
Grayson came in through the front door.
Baldwyn pointed at Grayson with his fork. "Who the hell are you?" He glanced at Ivan. "And you? I know her."
Ivan told him who he was, and Grayson explained his role there.
"Get me a beer," Baldwyn told his girlfriend.
"Are you kidding? You aren't supposed to be drinking," his girlfriend said.
"Oh, yeah? You paid for it for me. And I've been drinking the whole time I've been here."
"For a couple of months, when you were supposed to be at the other location listed on your bond application," Kendra said.
"I was just here to see my girlfriend. I'm not staying here. She takes me to my job."
"Tell me where you work." Kendra was waiting for Ivan to ask the questions, but he wasn't asking about anything, and she figured it didn't matter. She would just train him on what to ask the people involved in the case and hope he learned what he needed to do on his next case.
"Schuster's Roofing."
She looked it up on her phone and called them to speak with their personnel department. "Hi, I'm checking to see if Baldwyn Whitehouse is dutifully employed by you."
"What is this in regard to?" the personnel manager asked.
Kendra said, "I'm a fugitive recovery agent, and I need to know if he's gainfully employed as part of his bonding out rules."
"He doesn't work for us. I looked back for a year, and he hasn't worked for us in all that time."
Kendra asked Baldwyn, "Did you use a different name for employment?"
"No."
"Okay, thanks so much for your help." Kendra ended the call, then called Jason to let him know he was about to lose his car. "So, Jason, this is Kendra, a fugitive recovery agent, and I'm calling about your friend Baldwyn. I'll put this on speaker so you can talk to him also."
"Hey, what's up, man?" Jason asked.
"Same-o, same-o," Baldwyn said, as if he didn't care one iota that his friend would lose his car over Baldwyn not following the rules.
"He has been breaking the rules. He wasn't supposed to be staying with his girlfriend," Kendra said, for starters. Jason was owed an explanation of why he would lose his car.
"He can't visit his girlfriend?" Jason sounded surprised.
"Okay, listen, when you agreed to cover his bond, you had to acknowledge the rules also, just like he did."
Jason didn't say anything. Baldwyn continued to scarf down his meal.
"His girlfriend said he has been staying with her for the last couple of months. Not just overnight, or over the weekend."
