Page 348 of Sticks and Stones
He nodded.
“I have shit cell service. I was inside a building, and when I came out after dinner, and my late class, I saw a message from him.”
“What did it say?” Gene asked.
“That he was hooking up with friends and couldn’t do dinner. Really, I thought he was avoiding me because of what I walked in on. That’s the last I heard from him.”
They had the cell records, and knew that the man was telling the truth. Unfortunately, finding out if Julian contacted the students would take time.
Corbin had warrants out for cell records, but they weren’t overnight.
While sitting there, Ethan had been silent, but now, he had a question.
“Who else did he hang out with other than you, and the white dude?” he asked.
Spencer didn’t hesitate.
“A guy named Trav. They were pretty close. They were trying to get to be roommates for this semester, but…”
Yeah, they knew the‘but’part.
“Where can we find this‘Trav’guy?” Gene asked. “Is he around?”
He shook his head.
“I haven’t seen him around. Once Wes went missing, Trav stopped coming by the room. He disappeared too. For a while, I thought maybe they went off to be roommates, but then I called the police when he never came back for his things.”
Both Gene and Ethan lifted a brow.
“Did he mention anything unusual going on in his life? Again, I’m going to ask about the drugs because my inner voice, that tells me when people are bullshitting me went off when you said he didn’t do drugs. Did he, Spencer, do drugs?” he asked. “He’s dead. I can’t arrest him for that, nor would I. We know how college works.”
That seemed to help.
The man flushed.
“What?” Gene asked.
Finally, he caved.
“Wes was the one who got us our drugs. Now that he’s gone, I’ve had a bitch of a time. That’s why you flushing my stash hurts.”
Gene and Ethan didn’t care.
“Know what hurts more? Going to jail for illegal drugs and getting kicked out of college.AGAIN.”
Yeah, he shut his mouth fast.
Well, no shock there.
“Can I go back to my room?” he asked.
Gene put the kibosh on that.
“We have another question. Tell us about Professor Dunne. Did Wesley have any issues with the man?” he asked.
Spencer had to think about it, but it didn’t take long. Honestly, for how big that blunt was, he was pretty coherent.
“No. He didn’t have any issues with his class. Well, he didn’t finish it because he went missing, but he said he liked the class. I didn’t have Professor Dunne since I’m a math major.”
