Chapter 3

"Well then ask your damn questions, I got other things to do", Miller said angrily. "Why did Robert want to visit you that night?", Lilly asked.

"Damn it. Is Drew still thinking that?"

"Drew. His wife?", Scotty asked.

"Yeah. She thinks he wanted to visit me that night."

"But he didn't."

"Nah, not that I know of."

"Well in our report it says, his wife told the police he wanted to visit you but you said he never got to you. That sounds to me that you knew he was coming", Lilly said and showed that report to Miller. "Listen, I give a damn what it says in your report, but the detective asked me whether I've seen Robert that night or not and I told him the truth, that I haven't."

"Who do you think might have killed him?"

"I don't know. If I did I would have told the cops seven years ago."

"Do you have an alibi for that night Mr. Miller?", Scotty asked knowing that Miller won't be happy about that question.

"Who do you think I am, boy? A killer? I'm not, he was my best friend."

"Well Mr.Miller, we've seen best friends killing before. So, do you have an alibi or not?"

"I was here, watching TV with my family."

"We need to ask your daughter about that, Mr. Miller", Lilly said. "Susan!", Miller yelled, "come here immediately!" "I think she heard you Mr. Miller", Scotty said, glancing to Lil'. Five seconds later Susan was hurrying downstairs. "We need you to confirm the alibi of your father, the night Robert Deaver went missing in 1998." Sure", Susan said, "we were watching TV." "Okay, thank you. Please give me a call if you remember anything else", Lilly said and handed her card to Miller. Right after he had closed the door they heard him yelling again: "Why didn't you come when I called you, huh? Now clean up that mess in the kitchen!"

"What a father", Lilly said, while they were walking to the car. "Yeah", Scotty said.

On their way back to the headquarters Lil' read the report again.

"That's weird", she said.

"What?"

"It says here that Miller was watching TV but neither his wife nor his daughter confirmed that. I mean, it looks like the detective didn't even ask."

Vera and Jeffries had already been back. "So, his wife says Robert received a phone call right before he left, but she forgot to tell the cops. She assumes it was Andrew Miller who called"

"Well Miller says Deaver wasn't on his way to him. That's what his wife thinks", Scotty said.

"He didn't check the phone calls. Neither that night nor any time before", Lilly said.

"What do you mean?"

"Detective Jackson. It was his investigation, but he didn't check the phone calls. Was that man drunk or something? I mean how can he forget to check the phone calls? That's just standard procedure."

"Let's have a nice conversation with that guy", Scotty suggested.

"I'll check the phone calls then", Vera said.