FORTY-THREE
“This is Kelly Adair,” Kelly said as she answered the phone in her office after returning from lunch with Joey Stephens.
“Ms. Adair, this is Detective Hodges with Dallas PD.”
“Yes, Detective, what can I do for you?”
“Ms. Adair, do you happen to know where your client, Frank Oliver, is?”
Kelly hesitated before answering. The tone of the detective’s voice triggered an inner alarm. She didn’t want to say no, since he was, after all, out on bail and she was supposed to know where he was. On the other hand, she sensed that Hodges knew that she didn’t know, and worse, he did know. She opted for the truth.
“No, Detective, I don’t.”
“Did you know he was going to Florida?”
The question floored her. She knew that Frank’s wife had left him and gone to stay with a sister in Florida
