Chapter 73

The telephone rang and Steve started to get up to answer it.

“Sit down,” Cam ordered. “Just ignore the phone. There isn’t anyone in the world more important for you to talk to than us.”

“It might be my friends wondering why I’m not there.” Steve looked a little panicked.

“Where were you supposed to meet them?” Cam asked.

“In a restaurant downtown.” was the answer.

“Which restaurant?” she continued. She could see Steve trying to lie his way out of this.

“Uh…Lenny’s.”

“Lenny’s is closed by now.”

Steve’s face flushed. He looked absolutely frightened out of his wits.

“Well, Steve,” Cam said as she leaned back against the door frame, “you should know better than this. You’ve been on the police force much too long to start lying. You know a good interrogator will trap you every time. Now why don’t we start all over again? Why weren’t we told about the bust on Wednesday?”

“I tried, but Nick wasn’t around. I couldn’t get hold of him,” Steve murmured softly.