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stared at her. Making the kind of money she made and she was worried about eating out. He couldn’t help but feel impressed.
    His cell phone rang and he saw it was the Chief.
    “Koehler,” he said as he connected with Castillo.
    “How’s it going with Jade?”
    “Okay. What’s up?”
    “We got us a couple more suspects.”
    “Really?”
    “Our investigation revealed there are two employees who hated Reannan with a passion.”
    “Who are they?”
    “The shipping manager and the man who heads up the inspection department.”
    “Interesting.”
    “But you still need to follow all my instructions about not letting Jade out of your sight. At this point, we don’t have proof that any one of our three suspects killed her. However, Jade is still our most likely one since she was at the scene of the crime and she does appear to have the strongest motive.”
    “Got ya,” Mitch said and went out on the deck to finish their conversation. “Chief, we’re being followed.”
    “What do you mean?”
    “Just what I said. Someone is following us everywhere we go. The first day when I left the police station with Jade, I noticed someone followed us to my house when I needed to pick up some clothes. When we left my house, the same car was parked down the street and when I pulled out of my driveway, the car followed us at a discreet distance all the way to Jade’s apartment building. When I pulled into the underground parking, it drove on by.”
    “Strange. Was that the only time you noticed the car?”
    “No. The next morning we went jogging and I saw it again. I can’t get close enough to get a make on the license plates. Is there anything you can do to help?”
    “If you give me a description of the car and tell me where it can be seen, I’ll have one of the men in the department drive by in an unmarked car and get the numbers on the license plate.”
    “Okay. We are going grocery shopping tomorrow and I’ll give you a call and tell you where and when.”
    “All right, but give me enough notice to get someone out to the area.”
    “Will do.”
    “I’ve been thinking,” the Chief said. “Jade said there was someone else in the warehouse the night Reannan was murdered and she thought whoever it was drove off in Reannan’s car.”
    “What about it?”
    “That stands to reason because Reannan would have driven to the warehouse in her car. The person who killed her must have been with her and then have driven off in her car. I’m sending someone out to Reannan’s apartment today to check and see if her car is there.”
    “If it is, what is that going to tell us?” Mitch asked.
    “That Jade is telling the truth.”
    “Keep me posted, will you, Chief?”
    “You’ve got it,” he said and broke the connection.
    “Do you get a newspaper?” he asked Jade as he walked in from the deck and replaced the phone in his pocket.
    “No, I get all the bad news I want to see either on the TV or the Internet.”
    “How about the financial page? Don’t you have any investments?”
    “I have a money manager that takes care of all of that for me. I get a monthly statement, which tells me everything I need to know.”
    Mitch stood and began to clear off the table. After he carried everything into the kitchen, he rinsed the plates and silverware while Jade put away the leftovers. When he finished, he got out the makings for a hot fudge sundae.
    “Do you want one?” he asked, sure she would refuse.
    He was surprised when she said, “Just a small one. Hot fudge sundaes are my weakness.”
    He dished out the ice cream into two bowls, one small and one large, heated the chocolate syrup in the microwave, and opened cupboard doors until he found a bag of pecans.
    “You really know your way around a kitchen,” Jade said.
    “Comes from living alone for a lot of years.”
    “Haven’t you ever been married?”
    “Nope.”
    “Ever lived with anyone?”
    “Not since I left home, unless you want to call living in the