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“It could be critical. It could be instructive, like aclue. Cops like clues, right?”
“Okay, I’ll see what I can do.”
“Have you told the local police about me?”’
“No. I’m keeping it to myself for now.”
“Good, because it might unduly complicate things if you do let them know.”
“They’re complicated enough. You mentioned Miami and business. Can you tell me anything else? I need something to go on if I’m going to make any progress. You want me to help you, so you need to help me. I hope you can see that.”
“You’re very manipulative,” she replied.
Gibson wanted to scream out,I’m manipulative?Instead she said, “Just the cop in me. But I do need some information, otherwise I’m stuck in neutral.”
“What do you want to know?”
“First, is Daniel Pottinger the man’s real name?”
“Why do you ask?”
“Because there is really nothing on the guy online. Just stuff that could be fabricated.”
“Not everyone bares their soul online.”
“Preaching to the choir on that one, but my question is still hanging out there.”
“Dan was secretive,” she said cautiously. “He didn’t like people knowing his business.”
“So maybe he had a fake identity then?”
“I knew him only as Dan Pottinger. If he had a different identity it was before my time.”
“Okay, were you in Miami with him?”
“For a while.”
“How long ago?”
“Years.”
“How long did you two work together?” asked Gibson.
“Not long enough. He taught me a lot.”
“When did you learn he had moved to Virginia and bought Stormfield?”
“Recently. As I said, he communicated with me and told me to visit him there. I wish I had gotten to him before whoever killed him did.”
Well, that’s quite the self-serving statement.“Before then, how long had it been since you had heard from him?”
“Why does that matter?” the woman asked.
“I’m just trying to establish some basic facts and timelines here.”
“What you need to establish ishowhe died.”
“But for the police to share with me, I need something of value to barter with them.”
