It wasn’t long before Silver came on the line. “Mason, you low down son-of-a-bitch.”
“What’s up, Jerry?”
“You still giving the women hell?” Silver asked.
“Every chance I get,” Garrett said and looked at Olivia. “What about you? How you doing?”
“Same as always, Mason—solving crimes one case at a time.”
“I know that’s right. Listen, you caught a case one of my clients is defending.”
“Which one?”
“Panthea Daniels. What’s the story with that one?”
“She killed her husband’s mistress—that’s the story with that one,” Silver said matter-of-factly.
“Okay, can you give me a
ny more than that, Jerry?”
“Won’t you guys get all this in discovery?” Silver asked.
“Yeah, but I’m just trying to get a head start. You know me, Jerry.”
“Pretty cut and dry. She’s being charged with the murder of Abril Arrington. You know the husband was banging her. You were probably the one who followed him.”
“No, that was one of my operatives.”
“Business must be good for you to hire somebody. What—you got her handling your light work?” Silver asked. Olivia leaned forward. She was about to say something, but Marcus touched her hand.
“Not at all, Jerry. I got a good one here. She has my full confidence,” Garrett said.
“Glad it’s working out for you. Anyway, she leaves Douglas’s office she goes to the bitch’s house. They get into it. They fight and Daniels ends up pushing the home wrecker, causing her to fall through a glass coffee, cut her jugular vein and bleed to death.”
Marcus wrote the words, I KNOW ALL THIS. ANY PHYSICAL EVIDENCE? And held it up for Garrett to see. “Was there any physical evidence placing Mrs. Daniels at the scene?”
“No physical evidence, but we have an eye witness that says he saw a woman running out of the condo and get in a black Mercedes.”
“He get a license number?” Garrett asked.
“No.”
“Not even a partial, huh?”
“No, Mason, not even a partial.”
“But you do have an eyeball witness; he pretty solid?”
“Like a rock.”
“Well, I’m sure even without any prints or DNA at the scene, your witness will be enough to carry it. Hey, Jerry, thanks for taking the time to talk to me. I’ll let you get back to work,” Garrett said and hung up the phone. “They got nothing, all circumstantial.”
“That’s what it sounds like to me,” Marcus said. Olivia nodded her head. She could feel the job slipping away from her. “But they still have a strong motive, and she has an unconfirmed alibi,” Marcus continued. “Garrett, I want you to stay on the murder.”
“You got it, boss.” Garrett turned to Olivia. “I’m sorry, Olivia, but this is what I do.”
“No, I want her to stay involved in this,” Marcus said. Olivia breathed a sigh of relief.