As soon as he got to work Monday afternoon, Lou began digging deeper into the information Rory had gotten from Gideon about Floyd Seaver. Or, at least as much as he could, considering he was handling more than enough cases needing his immediate attention. He did call the building manager and found out that Seaver was an exemplary tenant.
“No one’s complained about his playing music too loud or throwing wild parties,” the man said. “He comes; he goes. I rarely see him. When I do, he says ‘hello’ and that’s it.”
Lou thanked him, asking him not to say anything to Seaver about their talk.
“Has he done something illegal?” The manager sounded worried.
“Not that I’m aware of,” Lou replied. “His name came up in a case I’m investigating, and I wanted to get a take on him.”
That seemed to satis
