Margot picked up her phone and made a few calls. She had to go through a few people she knew before she got a hold of Conner Heller’s lawyer. It took some convincing, but he gave her permission to talk to his client. They made an appointment for the next morning.
While she was making the arrangement to talk to Heller, someone tried to call her. When she’d finished the call, she checked her voicemail.
“This is Ames. Call me back A.S.A.P.”
Ames was rarely helpful, but she thought of something she wanted to ask him and he hadn’t been a complete bastard to her after the shooting, so she called him back.
“About time,” Ames said as he answered the call.
“You say that like I’m sitting around waiting for you to call.”
“Yeah, well, I was actually waiting for yours. You said you had an idea who took a shot at you last night, but you never said who.”
“I thought that wasn’t your case.”
“It’s not but since you didn’t reveal your secret to either of the detectives in charge as promised, I thought I’d check back with you.”
“Don’t you have something better to do?”
“Not really. Radcliff is in court all day, and he gets mad if I solve crimes without him.”
“Why aren’t you there too?”
“The D.A. said I come across as ‘abrasive’ and ‘unlikable,’ which I guess is bad.”
“I wish I could disagree with him.”
“You seem to be avoiding answering the question. You knew something last night. What was it? Don’t tell me you told them already. I asked.”
“It didn’t pan out.”
“Come on…”
“Seriously, I was wrong. I looked into it, and it was a dead end. You think I wouldn’t want to tell you guys if I knew who just tried to murder me?”
“What was a dead end?”
“It doesn’t matter.”
“Are you planning to take justice into your own hands on this one, Margot?”
“No, if I have my way, I’ll never pull the trigger again unless I’m at the range.”
Ames was silent for a moment and then he said, “Have it your way, but if this is something you're doing on the shady side, do me a favor and don’t drag Radcliff into it.”
“I’m not doing anything on the shady side. I promise.”
“I’m going to hold you to that.”
“I want to ask you something about Anderson.”
“Anderson? What about him?”
“I saw him somewhere I shouldn’t have.”
Ames was quiet for a moment before he said, “Did he come on to you? Did he show up at your place?”
“Why would you ask me that?”