A Little Bit of Logic and a Lot of Luck
Ribs got to the house quickly, and we started right in on the beer. The way I figured it, Tip wouldn’t arrive for another hour, so we had plenty of time to chat and maybe even work something out.
“Why? Why did Hemphill call that number?”
“I think you know why,” Ribs said. “You had just called and told Hemphill that the house was broken into. It’s as plain as day to me. He wouldn’t call a burner phone in Houston that was registered and bought in Dallas unless he had something to do with it. And because he did call a burner in Dallas, as far as I’m concerned, the owner of that phone had something to do with it too.”
I thought a moment, then said, “I hear what you’re saying, but we have to think this through logically. So what other answer could it
