Page 112 of Montana Manhunt

“Please,” Rayne said, gifting him with a sweet smile. “We’d love to talk to you for a minute and get your opinion on some things.”

Hanson paused a moment, then pulled out a chair and sat. “What do you want?”

Her eyebrow rose. “You think I have an agenda?”

“Everybody does.” He sipped his coffee. “So, what’s yours?”

“Fair enough.” Rayne wrapped her hands around her cup of tea. “What do you know about Amanda Billings?”

He stared. “Amanda? Why do you want to know about her? She died years ago.”

“What do you remember about her?”

“Not much. She was mousy. Talked little and always had her nose stuck in a book.”

“Did she have a boyfriend?” Grant asked.

Hanson snorted. “Are you kidding? She didn’t know what to do with a boyfriend.”

Noah frowned. “How do you know that?”

“Personal experience.”

He’d noticed a wallflower? “You dated her?”

“For two weeks.” The cop shook his head. “Waste of my time.”

“When were you together?” Rayne asked.

“I don’t know exactly. January, maybe. It was right after the second semester of school started.”

“What went wrong?”

“Let’s just say she wasn’t good at taking care of my needs and leave it at that.”

“She wouldn’t sleep with you,” Violet said flatly. “You never change, do you, Fitz?”

“What do you mean by that?”

“You did the same thing to me in May our senior year. When I wouldn’t sleep with you, you dumped me.”

He shrugged.

“How much did it bother you to get turned down by Amanda?”

“It was irritating, sure. If a man spends a couple of weeks wining and dining a girl, he expects a reward for his trouble and his money.”

“So you were angry with her.”

He frowned. “Irritated, not angry. Look, I don’t know what you want from me, but I can tell you there were and still are plenty of women out there who enjoy rewarding a man for his trouble.”

“What do you know about Jade Ramsey?”

Hanson looked puzzled. “Nothing. I don’t know her.”

Rayne rattled off the names of the other victims. “Do you know any of those women?”

The cop scowled. “I arrested Kennedy Lane, Moira Stocks, and Lara Turner. Caught them shoplifting. Pack of losers.”

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