The Artist and the Actor – 43

 

"Oh, really?" Colin said. "How would she know that if she says she didn't know Logan?"

 

"Exactly what I wondered," Randall replied. "So I had another talk with the roommate. He admitted he hadn't mentioned her because she and Logan had broken up over a month before his death. He didn't think that was important enough to tell me," Randall added, scathingly. Colin could picture him rolling his eyes.

 

Randall paused, asking Colin to hold as he had another call. When he returned, he said, "I did some digging, found two witnesses who remembered Logan bitching about how Ms. Egan refused to accept that their relationship was over. Then, I had another long talk with her. She finally admitted to the break-up, but claimed she was at a party with a friend the night he was killed. That was true, up to a point, according to the friend. He says she disappeared for approximately half an hour. When she returned, she claimed she'd been in the bathroom being violently ill, then asked him to take her home, which he did."

 

"Of course the time she was gone matches the time Logan was murdered," Colin said dryly.

 

"You got it. I brought her in for more questioning and subsequently arrested her, at which point she asked for a lawyer. As I said, everything will be turned over to the prosecutor. I suggested, given the way Logan was killed, that he get a subpoena to obtain her browser history."

 

"To see if she went to any unsolved or cold-case crime sites, I presume," Colin said.

 

"Yes. Hopefully, she did, and found your brother's case."

 

"That would certainly tie things up in a neat bow."

 

"Well, it will help," Randall replied. "Anyway, that's where it stands at this point."

 

"One question. How old is she?"

 

"If you're thinking she could have known your brother, it's highly unlikely. She's only twenty-two."

 

"Figured as much. Thank you for letting me know."

 

"No problem." With that, Randall hung up.

 

Colin immediately started to dial Shane's number to let him know what had happened. Then he realized Shane had a matinee, followed by an evening performance. He completed the call, which as he'd expected went to voicemail, leaving a message for Shane to call him.

 

After hanging up, he went back to limning out the idea for his newest painting.