Page 94 of Stuart Woods' Smolder

“But not here,” she said.

“That’s correct,” Dino said. “But I know the top cop here. Would you like me to call him?”

“Oh, for heaven’s sake,” Monica said. “A man is in trouble. Please, just let us look at your video.”

The woman sighed. “Follow me.”

She took them to a room where another security guard sat behind a desk, looking at several monitors.

“I need you to show us the main parking lot cam from about ten minutes ago,” the head of security said.

“You mean when those two guys ran away?” he asked.

“You saw that?”

“Sure. I flagged it in case they were running out on a bill.”

“Show it to us.”

He tapped a few keys and the video popped up on the center screen. Tristan raced out of the lot first, and then the big man followed. The angle only provided views of their backs, however.

“Do you have another camera that could have caught their faces?” Stone asked.

“Sure,” the man said. “I marked those, too.”

The first clip he brought up was of Tristan sitting in the bar with Monica.

“And the other guy?” Stone asked.

The next clip showed the big man sitting in a chair outside the bar.

“Anyone recognize him?” Dino asked.

“Not me,” Stone said.

“Me, either,” Monica said.

“Is there any chance you can take a still of him and send it to us?” Stone asked.

“No problem,” the guard at the controls said.

“Wait a minute,” his boss protested. “We can’t just—”

Monica leaned forward and took a photo of the screen. She showed the image to Stone and Dino.

“There. Nobody has to send anything.”

Chapter 29

Once again attired as a sheriff’s officer, Benji pounded on the door to the house containing their newest target. “Anyone home?”

Nothing happened.

“I think they’re gone,” Devin said. He was in a uniform, too.

“What about the light?”

A light that had been shining in a second-story window had suddenly gone out twenty minutes earlier.

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