“Then it points at someone I know.”

PART 3

I did not touch the envelope.

Instead I asked Vincent to call the detective handling the case while I was present.

He studied me for a second, then nodded.

“That is reasonable.”

Detective Mara Ellis answered on speakerphone.

She identified herself, explained how to contact her through the department’s public number, and offered to arrange an interview at a police facility the next morning.