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Chapter 65
HE DIDN’T SHOWup this morning. I called his home but no one answered. I drove over there but his car was gone. I peeked in the window, but it was all dark. And a neighbor told me she saw Mr. Norris leaving in the middle of the night with a bunch of luggage. But he never told me he was going anywhere. I’m not sure what to do.”
This had all come tumbling out of Jenny, Willie Norris’s assistant, as Decker and Jamison stood across from her in the front room of the man’s insurance office.
“He had appointments this morning and he missed them all,” she added. “Do you think he’s all right?”
“I seriously doubt it,” said Decker. He looked around. “And if I were you, I’d think about looking for anotherjob.”
Her face crumpled. “Hell, I had a hard enough time getting this one.”
“And maybe hire a good lawyer,” added Decker.
“What!? Why?”
“Because you just never know.”
He and Jamison walked out and Decker phoned Kemper.
“We got a runner,” he said, filling her in. “I know this isn’t exactly your jurisdiction, but for all I know Norris isconnected to all the other crap going down in this town. And you might want to have some people start digging through his business records.”
“On it.”
“And the other thing?” he asked.
“Nearly done.” She clicked off.
Decker put his phone away.
“What other thing?” Jamison asked.
“Something I tasked Kemper with. I’ll fill you in later.”
“You think that asshole was part of the gas sabotage at my sister’s that nearly killed us?”
“I would be stunned if he wasn’t. It happened pretty quickly after we spooked him. And now he’s on the run.”
“So what did he get out of all this?”
“Money. His normal commission plus something on the back end. But we can find out for sure.”
“How?”
He glanced at her. “You up for another carrot cake muffin?”
***
Linda Drews called out to them as they walked into her café.
“Couldn’t stay away, could you?” she said, smiling.
“No, we couldn’t,” replied Decker. “We’ll take two more of the carrot cake muffins and some coffee.”
“To go or you eating in?”
“Bettermake it to go. And before you handle any hot coffee, can I ask you some questions?”
She smiled, though her look was perplexed. “Sure.”
