Corey was glad it was a Monday and he didn’t have to work. Partly because he was still trying to come to terms with Brad’s murder, but also because it might have been difficult to get away in the middle of the day to go back to the police station.
Darin met him in the waiting room after the desk sergeant called up to say he was there. When they got to Darin’s office, Corey stopped at the door and looked at the man sitting beside the desk.
“I know you,” Corey said. “Okay, I don’t know you, but I’ve seen you before.”
Scott nodded, smiling slightly. “I’ve seen you before, too, at The Scene. Maybe a year ago or a bit more. I’m Scott Reed, and you, I gather, are Mr. Byrne.”
“Please, call me Corey. I mean, if you’re…if we’re…working together?”
Scott nodded. “We are, although Darin hasn’t filled me in on his plan yet.”
“I will,” Darin replied, sitting and waiting for Corey to do the same. “First off, I was right, Corey. Your place is bugged.”
Corey blew out a long breath. “Did your people get rid of it, or them?”
“No. They’ll come in handy for what I have in mind. Oh, and you’ll be able to move back into your place this evening.”
“I’m not sure….”
“I know. You said that yesterday, but it’s also necessary, like it or not. The cleaning team is good at what they do. You won’t know anything happened there once they’re finished.”
Corey snorted. “Maybe not to look at it, but up here….” He tapped his temple.
“I think you’re strong enough that you can handle it if you want to catch Mr. Reynolds’s killer.”
“How are we going to do that?”
“You and Scott are going to be ex-lovers. He’s come back to town and wants to reconnect and see if the two of you can make it work this time.”
Corey looked at Scott, frowning. “Will you be able to pull that off?”
With a grin, Scott replied, “I wasn’t hanging out at The Scene because I like the ambience.”
“But you could have been there undercover.”
“I could have, but I wasn’t.”
“O-o-kay. That answers that.”
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