I’m on your side, remember?” Hank White said as he held up his hands, his palms thrust out toward us. “You startled me,” I said, lowering my hands. I wasn’t sure what I’d planned to do, but that didn’t matter now. “What’s going on?” “I still feel bad about the way I acted before,” he said. “I told you, it’s fine,” I said. “Yeah, but I need to redeem myself. How would an alibi for two of your suspects do to make up for how I behaved?” “I’d say we’d be even,” I said. “What have you got?” “Just an alibi for the team from Asheville,” he said with a grin. “Interested?” “You bet we are,” I said. “Should we go back into Maddy’s room and talk about it?” “No, we have to go to my office.” I glanced at my watch. “Hank, I hate to say it, but we don’t have a lot of time.” “Don’t worry; you’ll get to the party in plenty of time. I’ve got everything cued up, so it won’t take long,” he said. “Then what are we waiting for?
