"Even if she wasn't, I think I'll ask her anyway. Several times, maybe. Anything we can do to damage her credibility puts us one step closer to getting Arrington out of this."
"I think you're right. Let me make another call to see if I can find out more."
"Let me know when you do."
"See you later." Stone hung up and buzzed Louise. "What time is it in Hawaii?" he asked.
"Three or four hours earlier than here, I think."
"You've got Betty Southard's hotel number, haven't you?"
"She's moved to a rented cottage, and I have the number."
"Go ahead and get her on the phone, and let's hope she's an early riser."
"I'll buzz you."
Stone sat thinking about Beverly Walters and Felipe Cordova and what they could mean to the charges against Arrington. The phone buzzed, and Stone picked it up. "Betty?"
"Aloha, stranger," she said.
"Hope I didn't get you up."
"You know I'm an early riser," she said. "Wish you were here to get my heart started in the morning."
"A pleasant thought, but I'm still needed here. You enjoying yourself?"
"So much that I'm thinking of making a permanent move here. Will you come see me?"
"When you least expect it."
"Why'd you call? Surely not just to wake me up."
"I wanted to ask you something."
"Go ahead."
"Beverly Walters. Did she and Vance ever have a thing?"
"Why do you ask?"
"Because she's the key prosecution witness against Arrington, and I need to know as much as possible about her."
"Vance didn't keep much from me, but he never mentioned Beverly in those terms. Anyway, he was pretty tight with her husband, Gordon."
"If he was sleeping with her, where do you think it might have happened?"
"In his RV, more than likely, but just about any place that was convenient."
"Did he ever bring her to the bungalow?"
"Not when I was around, but he didn't do that with his women, except maybe after hours. A few mornings there were signs in the bungalow that someone had been there."
"When was the last time you can remember?"
"No more than a day or two before he was shot."
"Did you ever find anything in the bungalow belonging to a woman?"