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“Tommy said she was just looking for some information,” I reply, knowing that he was probably downplaying the situation.
“No. She was upset, I could tell it in her voice. She’s normally as cool as a cucumber, but she definitely wasn’t today.” She shudders and folds her arms across her chest.
“Did she and Tommy know each other before now?” Trey asks, seeming immediately suspicious.
“Oh, yes. She’s the one who introduced Bill and your dad to Tommy. She knew him from their college days at Yale,” she informs us. “Carly is just a year older than him,” she adds with a funny grin.
“Really… that’s interesting.” My mind immediately starts re-evaluating everything in relation to this new bit of information. Tommy and Carly have known each other for years; both her and Bill Gleason were upset with him today. Why?
“Why would both Bill and Carly be upset with Tommy?” Trey asks, reflecting my line of thinking.
“That’s the million dollar question,” Becky says with a twinkle in her eye. “I was trying to figure out what they were arguing about, but they never gave it away.”
“Well, hopefully Bill will get back to me later tonight,” Trey replies. “It must have been something major, because I don’t think I’ve ever seen Bill upset.”
“No, it takes a lot,” Becky quickly agrees.
Trey
After dropping Becky off, the limo heads back toward the hospital and I pull Mandy closer to my side. I can’t stop thinking about the relationship between Carly, Bill and Tommy and the fact that both Bill and Carly were mad at him. Maybe it has nothing to do with anything, but the way Becky was acting it definitely seems to be related. I find it shocking that Tommy and Carly have known each other for years, but now that I think about it… things are beginning to make sense.
“Are you going to let me in on what you are thinking?” Mandy asks, becoming impatient with my silence.
“Yeah, I’m just trying to fit it all together,” I tell her. “Why would both Carly and Bill be mad at Tommy?”
“Because he did something that pissed off both of them,” she replies, stating the obvious with a laugh.
“I know, but what’s the connection?” I start thinking out loud.
“Their common connection was your dad,” she says with a shrug, again pointing out the obvious.
My phone rings just as we are beginning to brainstorm. I pull it from my pocket and I tilt it toward Mandy showing her that it’s Detective Kelly. “Hopefully we sold him,” Mandy whispers with a glimmer in her eyes.
“Hello, detective. What’s going on?” I ask, assuming that he is calling to tell me that I’m no longer the target of his investigation.
“That was quite an article on the front page of the Times this morning,” he says getting right to the point. “I can’t imagine your mother and Mr. Greyson are too pleased about it.”
“Yeah, that’s an understatement. Mom was not impressed,” I admit. “But like I told her, it wasn’t my idea. I thought Perry was just going to send a copy to you guys.”
“He likes to be dramatic, but I’m not sure why he would feel the need to publish them,” he says suspiciously twisting it into a question.
“Well, I wanted him to get the media off my back, so I guess he thought this would be a way to discredit future stories,” I speculate. “I haven’t had a chance to talk to him about it.”
“You can tell him congratulations from me. It made for an entertaining read.” He laughs. “I don’t know what to think about it though. It kind of makes sense to me, but I don’t totally buy it.”
“Okay. What doesn’t make sense to you?” I ask, feeling a nervous pang in my stomach.
“Why didn’t you tell officer Martello and me about them if they were just love letters?” he asks, catching me a bit off-guard.
“I was still in denial about it all. I wasn’t even sure if they were real yet,” I protest.
“My gut tells me that you didn’t murder your father, but I still think you were up to something,” he replies coldly. “But more importantly, I need you to fill in a few blanks for me.”
“If we can sit down with you, we’ll tell you everything we know,” I reply, knowing that we need his help more than he needs ours. “Mandy and I have been playing detective all day, but we are definitely in over our heads.”
“I can’t imagine why.” Detective Kelly laughs. “Where are you headed now?”
