“They didn’t much seem to like it at all. Guess they thought I suddenly became the most likely suspect of all.” Dallas made a face. “I was just checking on her, was all. I knew she took Victor’s death hard. Plus, I needed to let her know about Victor’s funeral service. I’m having it day after tomorrow. I told the cop that when I left, Jo was one hundred percent alive.”
Myrtle said, “It sounds like you and Jo had a nice relationship. You were a confidante, perhaps?”
The waitress returned with Dallas’s food, her eyes twinkling at him. He winked at her and she chuckled as she walked away. “That’s right, Miss M. That’s because Victor couldn’t be bothered to listen to Jo half the time. That’s the kinda guy he was, unfortunately. Even as a kid, he wasn’t real empathetic. So Jo would tell me t
