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Okay, my gaze inevitably strayed to him more than once. He looked relaxed now, but I wanted to be sure he was okay.
Then my phone buzzed.
Incoming call: Regan.
I signaled to Lennie that I was leaving. Standing up, I answered the phone, stepping away from the noise at the table and into the narrow hallway near the kitchen.
“Yes, boss?”
“Sorry to interrupt your dinner, but I wanted you to know that Holloway’s old phone keeps getting messages. The tone is escalating. Whoever it is, they’re very angry he left the country. I’m forwarding these for your info.”
The nerves in my belly took flight. “Okay, I’ll have a look.”
Regan sighed. “What about the new number?”
“Nothing so far.”
“Any other odd happenings?”
I thought back and remembered the night of the charity event. “It’s probably nothing, but I got a call the week beforewe left. Unknown number, and no one said anything when I answered. I didn’t think anything of it at the time, but now?—”
“You think it might be the same person?”
“The timing is interesting. And I don’t really believe in coincidences.”
“Me neither. I hate to say it, but it’s got to be someone close to him. How else would they have access to your number as well as his?”
My stomach tightened, and it had nothing to do with hunger.
“We’re talking about a small list then. Their manager, assistants, security staff… fuck Regan, I don’t even want to think about any of our team being behind this.”
“I don’t either. But the suspect list is wider than that. We should consider anyone associated with Bandit Music. Someone who, even if they don’t have direct access to Holloway’s number or yours, could gain it by accessing company information. Also, this person doesn’t know about the new phone, so I have a feeling it’s not someone in your group in France but back here at home.”
She was right, and that gave me some sense of relief.
“Should we contact the police?” I asked.
“The messages are creepy, but there’s no direct threat. In the meantime, I’m going to call my contact in the Nashville PD and get her take. For now, we conduct our own investigation into Bandit.”
“How do we do that without alerting employees? What about HR? What about Greg?”
“I have to inform him first and get his okay.”
“We can’t just start investigating everyone.”
“Internally, no. But wecanhire an independent private investigator.”
“Bandit has what? Two, maybe three thousand employees?”
“One hundred and twenty-six in the Nashville region. That’s where we’re going to focus.”
“Because of the comment about the last concert?”
“That and the fact that this person is still messaging his old number. This person is local.” Regan paused. “Did you notice anything else unusual at their last show? Any audience member who stood out?”
“No. Nothing.”
“I’m confident you’re safe overseas, but don’t let your guard down and don’t tell Holloway. We don’t want him to think he’s got nothing to worry about.”
