I don’t get it. For the last year of my life, the closest I’ve been to getting any, was from a speculum at my gynecologist’s office. Now I have two beautiful, yet horribly complex men in my life that can’t get enough of me. They both have so much under the surface to explore and I find myself wanting to know everything about them. Both of them.
Since they were already plaguing my mind, I decided to call Vance. I wanted to know if he and Leo made any progress in the investigation yet. “Hello beautiful.” He answered the phone in an especially deep voice, making my toes curl.
“Uh…. Oh…. Um…. Hi.” Okay, so I was a little caught off guard by his greeting and sounded like an idiot. After catching my bearings I continued. “Have you had any luck with the footage from the club?”
“Yes, we have.” He said. “Quite a bit in fact. I’m just about to wrap up here. Why don’t I come over to your place and tell you about it? I can’t stay for very long, but I think you’ll be interested in this.”
“Sure. I’ll be here.”
“Great, I’ll stop by the deli on my way and grab some sandwiches. Do you have a preference?”
“Turkey on wheat would be good. Thanks Vance.”
“See you soon Karli.” Oh, there he goes with the super deep voice again! This time it sent a little shiver to my girly parts. Yikes!
I didn’t have a lot of time so I washed up quickly and pulled my wet hair into a pony tail, put on a little eyeliner, mascara, and some frosty lip gloss. I think a girl always feels better with defined eyes and glossy lips. I put on my standard attire for ‘Spring in Vegas’ of a t-shirt and shorts. Okay, so I may have selected a slightly tighter shirt that I would normally wear. Sue me.
Vance arrived with sandwiches and went straight into the kitchen to get some plates. I enjoyed seeing him make himself at home like he’s been around forever so I just sat at the breakfast bar watching him. He handed me a plate and started eating his B.L.T. while standing against the counter in front of me. “So, our victim was a very busy girl while she was at the club.” He said. “We have footage of her with several different men and women, but one stood out more than the others. Someone that even I recognized.”
“Who?” I asked.
“Chad.”
I practically choked on the bite I was taking. “Say what?”
“I think Chad is our connection Karli.” He said.
Chapter 19
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“What?” I repeated.
Vance laughed. “Chad and our victim were together right before she left. There’s even footage of them groping each other in the parking lot.”
“So you think Chad is the killer? “ Omigod. “That doesn’t make sense. He’s a Zorak demon, not a Stryker.”
“No, we don’t think he’s the killer.” He said. “The DNA evidence clears him of that. But now we know that two of the three victims were intimately involved with him shortly before their murders. I’m pretty confident that with a little digging, I’ll find the same is true about Jordyn.”
“Wow.” I said. “What are you going to do now?”
“I’ll have one of my men pick him up for questioning in the morning. Knowing Chad, he probably won’t mind discussing his sexual exploits in great detail.”
“No shit.” I agreed. “Why aren’t you going tonight?”
“Because we already tried and he wasn’t home. He’s probably out whoring around somewhere as we speak. He’s going to be a lot easier to track down when he’s in bed recovering from the prior evening.”
“So, now what? You said earlier that you couldn’t stay long. Are you going back into the station?”
“Yeah,” he replied. “I want to check in with Forensics to see if they have anything on the latest murder. I’m also going to go through the tapes again, looking at people who were hanging around Chad.”
“So you’re going back to Leo’s?” God I hope not.
“No. I burned copies on my laptop this afternoon.” He said. “I just needed Leo earlier to help identify the people she was with. I can easily email him a still photo for an ID if I see anything suspicious.”
“So you’re telling me you have a bunch of porn on your computer right now?” I teased.
“Yep. Why? You wanna watch some?” He winked.