“Had to go there, didn’t you?” Jon groused. “If you’re sure you won’t mind a house guest.”
“I wouldn’t have suggested it if I did.”
“Then, thank you. I appreciate the offer.”
* * * *
“One more question,” Mike said to Mr. Franklin. “Do you know if Mr. Watts had a cell phone?”
“Of course he did. Who doesn’t these days? Why?”
“Just asking,” Mike replied.
Apparently Mr. Franklin wasn’t dumb, because he said, “It wasn’t on his…body when he was found.”
“No.”
“Then maybe he wasmugged but the guy who did it was scared off before he found Jon’s wallet?”
“It’s possible,” Mike agreed, although he was certain that wasn’t the case. He turned to Jennie. “You worked with Mr. Watts. Did he talk about any friends, or have you met any of them?”
She shook her head. “I know he had a couple, because he’d sometimes say he was meeting one or another of them after work, but if he mentioned their names I don’t remember them.”