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“Like what?”
“What we couldn’t get off your driver’s license. Is the home address on it current?”
“Yes.”
“Are you married?”
“No, but I live with my girlfriend.”
“What’s her name?”
“Shauna Calloway.”
The two stopped scribbling on their small spiral notepads, looked at him, looked at each other, then back at him. “The Shauna Calloway on channel five?” Compton asked.
“Channel seven, but yes.”
“Huh. Are you aware that she was doing an interview—”
“Yes. I was going to meet up with her and stay for the concert.”
“It was canceled,” Perkins offered.
“Have you spoken with Ms. Calloway since the shooting?” Compton asked. “Is she aware that you were wounded?”
“I haven’t spoken to her, but somehow she learned that I was shot. One of the nurses told me that she came here to the hospital, but they wouldn’t let her in to see me because I hadn’t talked to you yet.”
Compton said, “Since she and her video crew were on the premises, they were the first to break the story. Within minutes of the shooting, they were reporting live from the fairground.”
Shauna would have eaten that up, Calder thought. He should be happy for her for getting that opportunity. Instead, he felt an inexplicable resentment.
“Who do you work for, Mr. Hudson?” Perkins asked.
“I’m self-employed.”
“What do you do?”
He gave them his pat answer. “Consulting.”
“Who do you consult?”
“Corporate clients.”
His pat answers weren’t washing with Compton. “What kind of consulting, Mr. Hudson?”
“It varies from company to company.” He rubbed his temples with the fingers of his right hand. “Look, my head is about to explode. Can’t this wait?”
“Just a few more questions,” she said. “The shooting took place just inside the north gate.”
“Yeah, I’d come through maybe a minute earlier.”
“You came alone?”
“Alone except for the mob of people also trying to get in. Shauna had offered to leave a pass for me, but I hadn’t confirmed that I was coming, so I had to wait in line to buy a ticket. Once through the turnstile, I merged with people trying to exit. It was a madhouse.”
“We’ve seen security camera video,” Perkins said.
“The shooter couldn’t have picked a better spot to open fire,” Calder said. “The crowd was so tightly packed he couldn’t have missed hitting a lot of people in a fraction of time. Although when it was happening, it seemed to go on forever.”
