Page 105 of Montana Manhunt

“Who would have access to off-limits information?”

“My father knew. He represented me when the police questioned me. The Laramie police department has the file. I suppose an officer could have accessed the information somehow.”

“What about the girls? Did they have a lawyer representing them?”

“Hanson. Jeff Hanson.”

Violet stared. That had to be a coincidence. Didn’t it? She swallowed hard. “Do you know if he’s related to James Hanson, the chief of police in Morrison?”

“It’s his oldest son. He was a newly minted lawyer. The ink was barely dry on his diploma when he walked into the interrogation room.”

“What happened during the interrogation?” Noah asked.

“Standard interview. The Laramie detectives questioned me for hours about the supposed rapes, but the timeline didn’t fit. Dana was stupid enough to claim I’d been with her for an hour, and that I followed the same pattern with her friends. I had an alibi for each time the girls claimed I was with them. My only shaky alibi was with Dana because I had been at her house forabout ten minutes. Their home was enormous, so it took me a while to go through each room to make sure no one had broken in and was waiting for her.”

“You had an alibi for part of the time Dana claimed you were assaulting her?”

Bradley nodded. “We had an alarm system at home with cameras. The cameras were always on. Dad gave the detectives a copy of the footage from the security cameras with the time and date stamped on it. I couldn’t be in two places at once, and Dana and her friends refused to submit to an examination at the hospital. Based on those two things, the detectives didn’t have enough evidence to prosecute me, so they dropped the case.”

“Let’s go back to Cami and her missing girls,” Violet said. “Did she talk to you about them?”

“Some. Like I told you before, she was careful to protect their privacy, so I don’t know details.”

“When did she come to you about the missing girls, Bradley?”

“Camilla was concerned about them when we started dating.”

“Did she tell you why she suspected the missing girls were dead?”

He shook his head. “I just know she spent long hours looking for them. Camilla chased leads everywhere, including checking the area shelters and checking in with the rest of her clients to find out if they’d heard from the missing girls.”

Violet scooted to the edge of her chair. “Cami always kept notes on everything. She would have written down her concerns and what she’d done to follow up and try to find them. Do you know where she kept her files?”

He frowned. “You didn’t find her notes at the apartment?”

“We didn’t have time to search long. When we reached her apartment, we found it in shambles. Someone tore the placeapart. My friends helped me pack her photos and her journals. That’s when we discovered someone planted a bomb. We barely made it out before the bomb detonated.”

Bradley’s face grew even paler. “I don’t understand. Why would someone destroy Camilla’s possessions and her apartment?”

“The killer wants to make sure we don’t find information that will lead us to him,” Noah said. “Our deaths would have been a bonus.”

“This is crazy. Who is doing this?”

“Someone desperate to stay in the shadows,” Grant said. “He has a lot to lose, and Violet won’t stop until she runs him to ground. None of us will. We’ll find this guy and take him down.”

“If I had to guess where Camilla’s notes would be, I’d look in her office files or her computer. She might have mentioned her steps in her journal, but Camilla kept her work and home life separate if possible.”

Carol tapped on the door. “I’m sorry to interrupt, sir, but your next appointment is here.”

The operatives stood. “Thanks for your help.” Noah shook Bradley’s hand. “If we think of anything else to ask, we’ll contact you.”

“I want to know who took Camilla away from me. You find this creep and make him pay,” the lawyer said, eyes glittering.

“That’s the plan.”

“I’m counting on all of you.” He offered a grim smile. “I’ll even throw in discounted legal representation for your team if you find the man who took the love of my life from me.”

Noah inclined his head. “We appreciate the offer.”

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