The other man produced a plastic evidence bag and he dropped it in, and he started writing on the label.
“Somebody planted that there!”
“Sure, lady.”
“I’m being framed!”
“Uh-huh.”
The room was spinning. Jade’s mind raced from one thought to another. Somebody had set her up. Gandola Lanniter. It had to be Lanniter! No one else had the combination to his safe...
Then she remembered what had taken place in his office yesterday, when he was slumped on his couch.
Would you get me my pills, Jade? They’re in my desk.
She had opened every one of his desk drawers! Her fingerprints were all over them.
She pulled her phone from her pocket. She had to call someone - Brenda?
The pockmarked man snatched it from her hand. “You’re not making any calls.” He set it down on the corner of the table,
