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I didn’t buy that, and neither did Jack. The Beverly wasn’t a place for business meetings. It’s where you might take clients after work.
“I’ll see what I can learn.” He tossed me the keys to his truck. “What are you going to do with your case?”
“If Brittney set him up with that woman so I could get pics of them in a compromising position, I’ll tell him.”
“Can you? Ethically?”
“Yep. She lies to me, our contract is null and void. We need to find this Rachel and talk to her.”
“I already sent her photo to Tess.”
Nineteen
Jack Angelhart
Logan Monroe let Jack drive his Tesla to his house. Margo followed in Jack’s truck. Logan had grown contemplative during the drive, repeating himself several times as if trying to keep clear what had happened that night. Jack let him work through it, knowing how he’d feel if he were in the same situation. Embarrassed, angry, confused.
Jack pulled into Logan’s circular driveway in the gated Troon North area in the mountains above Scottsdale. “If you want to press charges,” he said. “I witnessed the woman pour something into your drink. The bar has security footage, and the bouncer will save and flag the tapes.”
“I don’t know. Why would she drug me? Why would she lie about Jennifer?”
Jack didn’t think it was wise to explain Margo’s theory about his wife hiring someone to seduce him. There was no proof, even if she had good reason to believe it.
“Why did Jennifer ask you to meet with her yesterday?”
Logan didn’t answer.
“Yesterday, someone poisoned you and Jennifer at your house. That person must have known that either you or Jennifer was going to be there. Then tonight, a woman drugged your drink at a bar—a woman who said she was there because Jennifer gave her your number. Something isn’t adding up. You may be in danger.”
“Not me.”
What about a woman drugged you did he not understand?
“Jennifer found...some financial irregularities at Desert West. She wanted to show me the problem, walk me through it, see if she missed something.”
“You two must be close,” Jack said, thinking about the affair his wife suspected.
He didn’t answer.
“Logan, I’m trying to help you.”
“Jennifer interned for me in college, and then I helped her get a job with the company when she graduated college. I respect her, she’s bright and exceptionally good at her job. I had already sold my half of Desert West when she was hired there, but I gave her a recommendation.”
“So you’re professionally close.”
“Until yesterday I hadn’t seen her since she first moved to Phoenix. We had coffee a week after she was hired at Desert West.” He paused. “On Friday, she reached out to me and asked if I had a place for her to stay for a few days because she thought someone was following her. I offered my house in Paradise Valley.”
“For free.”
“Like I said, she sounded worried.”
“Did she show you the problem she identified?”
“She started talking about numbers that didn’t match up and wanted me to look at raw code, but then she said she felt lightheaded, then collapsed. I tried to get her to the couch, but I started feeling woozy as well.” He frowned.
“Are you okay?” Jack asked when Logan looked ill.
“I’m fine. Really.”
