I couldn"t put it off any longer; so I dialed Becca"s number. To my surprise, a man answered.
"Becca"s phone."
"Hi, this is Jamie Quinn. May I please speak with Becca?"
"Oh, hey Jamie, it"s Charlie. Becca"s sleeping, but she said to wake her if you called. I don"t think she slept all weekend. Man, this has been rough on her."
"I bet it has. You know what, Charlie? Don"t wake her, I can call back later. But I wanted to ask you something--had you seen Joe recently?"
"I used to see him around town and stuff. I always said "hi"--I mean, I felt bad for the guy--but he just ignored me."
"Did you two ever argue? Was he nasty to you?" I asked.
Charlie paused before answering. "Yeah, when he first found out I was seeing Becca, he called and chewed my ass out, said I was a bastard, a son of
