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She didn’t reply.
“So you remember Greg Downing, right?”
That got her attention. She lowered the sunglasses and looked over the rims at him. “Of course. I even saw you two go head-to-head in college. I was sorry to hear he died so young. I was a fan.”
“Did you ever meet him?”
“Greg Downing? No.”
“Did your son ever mention him?”
“No, never.” She sat all the way back up now. “How would Jordan have been connected to Greg Downing?”
“Bo may have been friends with Greg.”
“What? When?”
She met Myron’s eye. Myron just nodded.
“I don’t understand. You think Bo and Greg Downing…”
“I don’t know. It’s why I’m here. I need to find Bo. Please, Donna. What was Bo’s real name?”
“No, sorry, that’s not how that works,” she said. “You come here unannounced. You ask about my murdered son. What aren’t you telling me?”
“There’s nothing to tell right now,” Myron said. “If I learn anything, I promise to tell you. Please.”
She stood now and slipped into a cover-up. She put her hands on her hips and let loose a big sigh. “He claimed his real name was Brian Connors.”
“Claimed?”
“He wouldn’t give me a Social Security number or anything. It was all off the books. So I don’t know if it’s real or not.”
“Did he say where he was from?”
“Somewhere in Oklahoma.”
“Do you know if he has any family?”
“He was close to his mother. Her name is Grace.”
“Father? Siblings?”
“The parents were divorced a long time. The father’s dead. There may be a brother, I’m not sure. Bo was very secretive about his past. I don’t know why.” She moved closer to him. “How long are you in town?”
“Probably just overnight.”
“Do you want to have dinner with me?”
Myron hesitated. She held his eye and boy, it seemed like a come-on, but he really wasn’t sure. He raised his left hand feebly, pointed to his ring, and cringingly said, “I’m married.”
“Me too.”
And then, because Myron was smooth, he said, “Oh.”
“But you know what they say: What happens in Vegas stays in Vegas.”
“Yeah,” Myron said. Then: “That’s not really my style.”
