When I got to Walt’s, I gave him a quick rundown on the weekend before we turned our attention to Jones’s death.
“The good news is,” Walt said, “our client hasn’t been implicated in this. Not yet.”
“Thank God. The way you were talking—”
“Hold on, I haven’t given you the bad news. Brad found the body before the cleaning crew.”
“He found it? And didn’t report it?”
“He said he was scared. He was supposed to meet Jones to discuss his employment status and the audit. It was after business hours and no one else was there. When he saw the body, he freaked and ran. He didn’t want to get involved.”
“Great. Now what? As far as Brad and the audit and all.”
“I don’t know. We should touch base with Hirschbeck on that.”
“If he’s as informative as he was last time, it’ll be a short conversation.
