The same thought had crossed Alyssa’s mind. ‘On the other hand, if he is involved, do you really think he’s stupid enough to have Yarmini dump Meghan’s body in the center of town when his logo was branded into her hip? I mean, if I had that much expendable income at my disposal, I’d make sure her body wasn’t discovered at all.’

‘Maybe he’s not as smart as you’re clearly giving him credit for,’ Cord bit out, causing Joe, Tony, and Hal to stare at him, mouths gaping open.

‘And maybe you’re not thinking clearly, and you’re letting your judgment be clouded by biases,’ Alyssa retorted. She would never embarrass him by revealing what those biases were, but nor would she allow them to derail this investigation.

When he didn’t respond, she said, ‘Let’s dig into Steve Yarmini’s past. I’d like to find out if he has any connections to Beau Cambridge or his father.’

When her phone chimed, she glanced down to see a text message from Bartholomew Rosenfelt.

Just emailed you a link to Steve Yarmini’s cell phone records. And before you ask, that is a business expense that Rosenfelt Holdings reimburses for. As to how I was able to get them so quickly, let’s just say money goes a long way. I hope they help.

She read the message aloud and asked Hal to open the link to the records since he already had her email open. The first thing she did was run a quick scan to see if Beau or Hugh Cambridge’s phone numbers popped up on the list.

Of course, they didn’t. That would’ve made her life a little too simple. Tension tightened the muscles in Alyssa’s back and neck, and she rolled her shoulders in an effort to release the tautness. There were still a lot more numbers to go through, and she had a feeling one of them would lead to the girls. ‘We need to find out which cell towers were pinged when these calls were made.’

‘I’ll ring Judge Rosario and ask her to issue us another ping warrant and let her know it’s for the same case. I don’t think we’ll have any problems getting a green light on this,’ Hal said.

Alyssa nodded. ‘In the meantime, let’s start at the top and begin calling those numbers, see who answers. Maybe we’ll get lucky.’ She could always hope.

Chapter Thirty-Nine

Saturday, May 25

At noon, Alyssa was alone in the conference room. Cord had offered to go pick up lunch and bring it back, Joe and Tony were checking out the local GPS coordinates, and she wasn’t sure what Hal was up to. The last she’d seen him, a new officer had knocked and asked to speak to him privately. She wasn’t surprised. He’d always been the go-to guy for rookies and veterans alike.

Sprawled in front of her were printouts of call and text logs from Rachel, Jersey, and Katelyn’s phones. The pages didn’t give her as much as a subpoenaed record might, but at least meant she could check for common numbers. As it turned out, there was one that both Rachel and Jersey had called or texted, and she highlighted it.