Kade’s gaze found hers across the table. “Depends how you look at it. I barely remember her. I know I had sex with her. If I’d seen her somewhere else, I might not have recognized her.”

Ellie glanced at the long blond ponytail swishing back and forth above Savannah’s sexy behind. “Seriously?”

“Yeah.” His gaze settled on Ellie’s mouth, leaving no doubt as to what he was thinking. “I’d remember you if I saw you twenty years from now.”

Some of the awkwardness she was feeling slipped away.

They ordered local beers from a different server and sipped them as they watched the crowd.

Fifteen minutes slipped past, and Savannah returned. Kade rose and pulled out a chair for her, gallant as always. Ellie ignored a thread of irritation.

Savannah smiled. “So what can I do for you?”

One look at those plump, pink lips, and Ellie could guess what Kade would like her to do. Forcing herself to concentrate, she pulled out the photo of Barbara Meeks she had printed off the internet.

“We think this woman may have come in here a few weeks back, a little less than a month ago. Does she look familiar?”

“A lot of people come in here,” Savannah said. “Not sure I would remember her if I saw her. Any reason I should?”

“Because she was murdered,” Kade said darkly.

Savannah’s heavily mascaraed blue eyes widened.

“She would have come in on a weekend,” Ellie continued. “Sometimes she was with a friend, a woman who owns a place here in Vail. That weekend, she came in by herself.”

Savannah took the photo from Ellie’s hand and studied it more closely. “I might have seen her . . . she looks kind of familiar.”

“If she was here by herself, she would have been trolling,” Ellie said. “Looking for a hookup.”

Savannah ran a finger over the photo. “Was she as pretty as she looks in the picture?”

“According to people who knew her, she was beautiful,” Kade said.

Savannah looked up. “I think I remember her. Sometimes, I . . . umm . . . like to do something a little different. You know, with a guy and another woman.” She didn’t glance at Kade, thank God. Ellie was feeling insecure enough without imagining Kade having sex with two women at the same time.

“It was a while back,” Savannah added. “Close to a month, I’d say. She sat down at the bar, and I remember thinking how sexy she was.”

“Did she leave with a man?” Kade asked.

Savannah nodded. “I remember watching them walk out the door. I remember wishing I had said something to her myself.”

“Do you remember the man?” Ellie asked.

“I remember he was a nice-looking guy. Dark hair, athletic build, designer jeans. You know the type.”

“So, not fat,” Kade said. “Tall or short?”

“I don’t remember him being either, so I’d say he was probably average or a little above.”