TOO CLOSE TO HOME

Chapter 13

After conducting their seperate interviews, Don and Terry headed back to the office to compare notes. They also wanted to find out what David had learned..

Terry flipped open her notebook and said, "According to Dawn Landry, she last seen her roommate at roughly 5:30p.m. That was when Lorelei went to see Charlie in his office."

"Okay. So we need to find out how long she was in his office," Don said. He opened the M.E.'s preliminary report. "Let's see, approximate time of death to be somewhere between 8:30 and 9:30 last night."

"She also mentioned that Lorelei had been to see Charlie several times in the past month."

Don spun around to face her. "What are you suggesting? That Charlie had something to do with this? That is the most ridiculous thing I've ever heard! You saw his reaction this morning. It's not easy to fake that!" His raised voice was starting to draw the attention of David and the other agents.

"I'm not suggesting anything. I'm just pointing out that we're quick to dismiss Charlie because we know him. But the police don't. And if it were anybody else, we'd probably be looking at this differently ourselves," Terry said quietly.

"It should be his lunch break. I'll give him a call to see if the police have been by yet," Don said and began dialing Charlie's cell phone number. After a minute he frowned.

"What's wrong?"

"He's not answering. It either means that he's not carrying it. Or he's not able to answer," Don replied. He reached for his jacket. "Come on. Let's go see if we can catch him before his next class."