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Milo checked labels. “Everything high-end. Kinda like Aggiunta. Though that’s probably not what they bonded over.”
A rummage through built-in drawers unearthed plain wrap underwear and socks for him, designer lingerie for her. A pair of medicine cabinets in a massive white tile bathroom revealed that she was healthy and he was taking a single prescription med.
Milo held up the vial. “Norvasc. Prescribed by a doc in B.H.”
“Hypertension.”
“At his age?”
I said, “Could be something familial. And he is pretty reactive.”
He put the vial back. “Wanna see anything else?”
“Nope.”
“Then let’s get seen out by the girls.”
—
When we left the bedroom, Doug March was back in the landing, wearing a T-shirt and sweats and staring through the glass. Without looking at us, he placed his hands on his hips. “Is this the point where you tell me not to leave town?”
“Why would we do that, Doug?”
“Like I said, the rulebook. Don’t you always look at the husband? Playing the odds, I get it. Obviously I didn’t shoot anyone because Iwas across the country but what would’ve stopped me from hiring someone.”
He swiveled. Milo stared at him.
March looked away. “This is probably a waste of breath, but I never paid anyone to do anything. I had no reason. Until you marched in here, I thought Meagin was the epitome of faithfulness.”
If she hadn’t been…?
Milo said, “Sorry for having to deliver bad news, Doug.”
“Whatever.”
“Thanks for talking to us during this horrible time, Doug. Here’s my card, if you’ve got any questions, call. I mean that.”
March examined the card. “Sturgis. Like the motorcycle thing. I own a project in South Dakota. Have done really well with it— okay, I’m going to give sleep another try.”
“Good luck, Doug.”
Milo held out his hand. This time Doug March took it. But contact made him squirm and he looked relieved when it ended.
CHAPTER
11
As we passed through the gates, I said, “Dry palms or moist?”
“Bone-dry but he was shaking. Any impressions other than he’s an odd one?”
I said, “Tuxedo Park is gated, exclusive, expensive. Unless his folks were employed there, he comes from money. That would help establishing connections with big oil in Texas. And with bankrolling a real estate business right out of school.”
He looked back at the mansion. “Not a baby-faced whiz kid, he did it the old-fashioned way? Maybe that matters, maybe it doesn’t. What got me, Alex, was his claiming he needed a nap then he’s waiting for us so he can deliver that parting shot.Noware you gonna tell me don’t leave town.”
He slapped his hands on his own hips. “What’d you get from his body language?”
“I dare you.”
