14
Eli and Bones were filing a police report at the stationhouse when who showed up but Lt. Delbert Hughes. Hughes had a look at the paperwork then summoned Eli into a private office. Bones found a chair and waited nervously outside.
They both sat, and after a few moments of cold silence, Hughes said, “Kind of a coincidence you finding this guy.”
“Why wouldn’t I be looking for him?”
“Why would it be so easy to find him would be my question.”
“Mr. Jackson was a childhood friend of Hank’s widow – you know, my client? And Danny was Hank’s cousin. That’s like one degree of separation. And my friend has friends on the street. It’s a small town, down there in the ’hood.”
“We will have to know who those friends are.”
“I’m sure he’ll be happy to cooperate if you’d just invite him in.”
“Loo
