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“Wow!” Christian sat back, his elbows propped on his knees, his head propped in his hands.
“If that isn’t an inside job, I don’t know what is,” she said.
“If it’s not an inside job, they nailed it,” he said.
“We need to have another talk with Tad.”
¦¦¦
“Okay, so we’ve gone through what Andi did the night of Anne Marlowe’s murder,” Deckard said, pacing the conference room. “What did you do the night of her murder?” he asked, looking at her.
Harper’s muscles tensed. That night still haunted her. She’d worked many gruesome scenes, but this one stuck with her well before she knew it would tear her friend’s life apart.
“Perhaps what we should do is go through the night from Anne’s perspective,” Greyson suggested.
Harper tilted her head, curious how they approached that.
“What does the police report say?” he asked Deckard.
“I don’t have the police file,” he said, moving for the pile he had going on the side table. “All I have is the mini–case file Mitch’s defense attorney, Clint James, assembled for me. It had the basics but certainly was not the full report.”
“Knowing you, I’m sure you asked for it,” Greyson said, sitting back and steepling his fingers.
“Yep. But the detectives on the case wanted nothing to do with me. Neither did the prosecutor. They believed they had their man and had zero time for me.”
“Okay.” Greyson sat back. “Let’s go through what you do know.”
“Okay.” Deckard opened a file with colorful paperclips sticking out.
Harper smiled. Riley’s touch, she was betting.
“I’ll start with what I know about Anne,” Deckard said, clearing his throat before continuing. “Anne worked in Councilman David Markowitz’s office. She’d met Mitch about two months prior to her death, and the two began an affair.”
“And Mitch was married, right?” Riley asked. “Between him and the judge, it’s clear she had a thing for married guys.” She shook her head. “I don’t get that.”
Greyson looked over at her, and it was as quick as a blink of an eye, but Harper caught a soft smile before it disappeared. He thought highly of Riley, despite the banter about her being the “kid” of the group.
“Anne broke off her relationship with Judge Simmons once she started up with Mitch. Both Simmons and Mitch confirmed this,” Deckard said as Greyson shifted back to the glass boards and uncapped a marker.
“What about Mitch’s wife?” Riley asked.
“Kim,” Deckard said.
“Did she know about the affair?” Harper asked.
“Not until after the murder.”
“And?” Harper asked.
“She kicked him to the curb. Refused to speak on his behalf,” Deckard said. “Or so Clint told me.”
“Surely they summoned her,” Riley said.
“I’m sure, but she wouldn’t have anything glowing to say about Mitch.”
“So who was Anne going out to the isolated hiking park to see that night?” Riley asked. “It was late, right?”
“The call came into the lab at about one,” Harper said.
