“Leanne.”
“Is that her real name?” Dallas said, totally on to her.
“…No.”
“It’ll do,” Dallas said. “So what did Leanne say?”
“She was horrified, but not at all surprised. Turns out her boyfriend had known… him… really well back in high school. They’d been on the football team together, and Leanne’s boyfriend had told her more than once that he didn’t want her going anywhere alone with… him.”
“Why not?” Chris asked.
“Her boyfriend said that he had a nasty temper and twisted personality behind that good-guy persona. Said that he wasn’t to be trusted, especially if you were a woman.” She shrugged. “Seems that his mask had slipped a few too many times in practice or at some drunken parties, and Leanne’s boyfriend had this guy’s number.”
“So she believed you.”
“Totally. No question. She
