“You weren’t arguing with Oakley before his death as the witness described?”
Reece squinted his good eye at Drayco. “Witness? You knew about this beforehand?”
“The sheriff told me earlier today about it, but that was the first I’d heard. What about that argument, Reece?”
Reece hesitated. “We might have had a word or two. But I didn’t start it, he did, and I think he’d been drinking again.”
“Drinking? Nanette said he was sober.”
“That’s what he wanted her to think. Alcoholism is a disease with no cure. Only remission. Or relapses.”
“And Oakley’s charge about your affair with Nanette?”
Reece slammed the cane down on the sidewalk. “You don’t pull any punches, do you? Maybe you’re the one who ratted me out to the sheriff. Look, I’ve told you I had a crush. That’s it. I doubt she would h
