5I brushed hair off my forehead with the heel of my hand. “You think someone was with him?”
“Because of the phone call I got at the air strip.” Bob was looking at me intently with his faded blue eyes. I saw a gleam which might have been shrewdness. “Call’s what gave it away. I answered, this woman says please hold for somebody. Couldn’t make out the name. I listened to music. Nobody came on the line. Five minutes, at least. Plenty of time for someone else to climb into the pilot seat.”
“You went over this with the police?”
“They weren’t much interested in the call. I forgot it myself until this morning. I was sitting in front of the TV and I got to thinking.” He leaned across the table, his voice barely audible. “More I thought on it, more it seemed like somebody wanted me distracted wh
