“Which brought you out here again. The thing is, wouldn’t messing with the stair have been counter-productive to someone who’s trying to keep us apart?”
“Unless they were trying to make it appear you set it up as a way to get to see me again…alone.”
I puffed out a frustrated breath. “Do they think you’re stupid?”
“Hell if I know. It’s the email that makes me think this really is personal. They want you to stop playing around and suggest you know what they’re talking about. Playing around generally implies a romantic or s****l relationship with someone you shouldn’t be involved with, not keeping your nose out of something, like the murder.”
Alan had a point. One that had never crossed my mind.
“Do you have a jealous ex hiding in the woodwork?” I asked, half kidding.
“I don’t have an e
