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“That’s the lead?”
“Does that sound like a lead? As you know, she ran that image search for our friend Bo-Storm-né-Brian-Connors over the last five years.”
“And nothing came up.”
“So she ran it the other direction.”
“Going further backward in time?”
“Yes.”
“So photos more than five years old.”
“This one is more than ten. Here.”
Win handed Myron an 8 × 10 glossy photograph. Myron looked at it. He felt his pulse pick up a step.
“Whoa.”
“Always a way with words.”
There were two people in the photograph. One was a very young Bo Storm. Myron would guess that he was sixteen, maybe seventeen. He wore a tank top. His muscles were big but not as defined as they would later be. Bo was tall from what Myron could see. Myron was six four and he’d guess that Bo was about the same.
The other man in the photograph made Bo look small.
The other man was enormous—six nine, maybe six ten, and two hundred seventy pounds minimum. He wore an Oklahoma State basketball uniform. Myron remembered him. Good rebounder, good defender, good three-point jumper for a guy his size.
“Spark Konners,” Myron said. “With a K.”
“Correct.”
Myron looked over at Win. “Spark worked as an assistant coach under Greg in Milwaukee.”
“Again correct. What else do you know about him?”
“He never made it to the NBA—I think maybe Spark played a year or two in Italy or Spain—but I remember Greg saying the kid was smart. Had a big future in coaching. So Bo is…?”
“Brian Konners,” Win said. “Spark’s younger brother. Esperanza did a background check. There is no record of Bo or Brian anywhere over the past five years—no credit cards, no bank accounts, nothing.”
“What the hell, Win?”
“It is perplexing.”
“So maybe Bo and Greg didn’t meet online by chance.”
“Seems unlikely.”
“They met through Greg’s assistant coach Spark Konners.” Myron looked up. “I wonder whether Spark invited his brother to that game in Phoenix. That’s probably where Bo-Brian and Greg met.”
“Could be.”
“We need to talk to Spark.”
“We do indeed.”
Myron thought about it. “After Greg quit coaching, Milwaukee cleaned house, so I know Spark isn’t working there anymore.”
“Esperanza already tracked him down. Spark Konners is plying his trade as an assistant coach at Amherst College.”
