“She okay when she came in?”
He thought about that.
“Yeah.”
“Happy?”
“Calmer than you.”
That irritated me more than it should have.
“She buy anything expensive?”
“No.”
“What’d she buy?”
“She didn’t buy anything.”
I paused.
“What?”
“The other girl bought two necklaces. One for her, one for the girl in your picture. Your sister just stood there looking awkward.”
That landed differently.
“You sure?”
“Pretty sure. I was here.”
I let out a breath through my nose.
“So the other girl had money.”
“Or a card.”
“She say where she was staying?”
“No.”
“She say where she worked?”
“No.”
“She mention bikers?”
That got the first real reaction out of him. His jaw tightened before he looked away.
Interesting.
“You ask weird questions,” he said.
“You avoid simple ones.”
He slid th
