CHAPTER THIRTY-SIXI stopped by the condo to pick up the laptop. Jamila was on the phone. Sounded like she was having a pleasant talk with her auto insurance company about her coverage. As I ducked inside, she said, “Hold on a moment,” and set the receiver down with a loud clunk, fixing me with a killer look.
“You would not believe what I’ve been through today,” I told her. I launched into a brief summary of the bizarre events that morning at the Bower residence, followed by the eye-opening discussion with Danni, my phone call with Reed Duvall and my interrogation of the witness who fingered her in the lineup. I skipped over a lot of the gory details about Karla, Dwayne, and Curtis, and didn’t speculate about the big operation. I still needed confirmation of a few facts before I told Jamil
