Cody sighs. “You’re right. I’m sorry. Getting questioned by the detective probably wasn’t pleasant.”
“No, it wasn’t. But seriously, why wouldn’t the detective have known Randy was found at Joseph’s?”
“Well, the officer Rover spoke with mentioned that Randy didn’t have any identification on him. One of his fraternity brothers had to identify him earlier this morning.”
“Not a parent?”
Cody shrugs.
“Why did an officer tell Rover all of this?”
“Rover has worked with Morgan Thompson Security for a while. He knows most of the cops in the area.”
Randy is dead and his parents may not even know. It sounds like Randy had it rougher than I thought. I almost feel bad for him.
“Do they know what hit him? Did he start the fire and then a beam hit him? Or did someone hit him and put him in the garage?”
“It’s all still under investigation.”
“But why was he in Joseph’s garage? Did Randy and Joseph know each other? That doesn’t make any sense. Joseph has never had an interest in the students.”
Cody frowns. “Are you sure? When I first met him, we were walking to the sciences building for the opening, and he was smiling and saying hello to many students.”
I cross my arms. “Yeah? How many were male?”
He grins. “You know, I did notice at the time it was mostly female students.”
“I’m sure it wasallfemale students. Joseph always loved women’s attention. But he knew Randy?”
Cody takes a sip of his wine, then rubs my upper arm with his hand. “Or they didn’t know each other at all.”
“Then why would Randy be in his garage?”
“I’m not sure, but one thing I’ve learned is to never assume anything. We don’t know if Randy knew Joseph. We don’t know why Randy was there.”
My hand goes to his chest. “You think Randy was murdered?”
He shrugs. “I don’t know. But the police are investigating. Now, let’s relax until the food comes. I want to cherish every minute I get to spend with you.”
“You say that like we won’t have much time together.” I’m fishing, I know it, but I need him to say something.
His jaw ticks as he pushes a lock of hair behind my ear. “If I have it my way, we’ll be spending a lot of time together.”
Why isn’t he telling me about the call?
I sink into his side as he turns on the movie, but I’m wondering what else he’s keeping from me.
“Halloween is in a few days,” he says. “What do you want to do?”
“Would you mind if we stayed in?”
He stretches an arm out behind me and pulls me close. “I wouldn’t mind that at all.”
CHAPTER20
Cody
I can’t shakethe feeling that something is off with Lucy. Last night, she said she wasn’t feeling well, so we went to bed early. But it felt like there was more to it than that.
