Chapter 36

“Well,” I managed, once we were both again on our backs, holding hands as we stared up at the ceiling. “That took my mind off that message.”

“Past tense?

“Yep.”

He squeezed my hand in his. “I guess not all people change.”

I shook my head. “The only thing the lab found was crystal meth on that strip I swiped. Why would Lester have an empty filing cabinet that once held crystal meth? And why did Chad have the key to that filing cabinet?”

“Doesn’t make sense,” said Jeff. “I knew all of them in prison, however briefly. And out of all of them, Chad was the one who seemed the most different on the outside. Maybe it was marriage or simply maturing with age, but the Chad I know now isn’t the Chad I knew then.”

“And Lester?”

Jeff snickered. “Same, only worse.”

“So, if there is a connection between the two of them, Lester is probably the instigator.”

Jeff nodded. Jeff’s dick nodded. I had a feeling it was getting ready for round two. “But what’s the connection?”