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“Your ex is a rich man with lots of connections and pull He’s in a health care facility, not a prison He could have hired someone to do his dirty work” Casey propped her elbow on her knee and leaned forward, her chin resting on her hand “You said your divorce was a soet anything in the settlement that Conrad badly wanted to keep?”
Casey stopped her litany of questions to ask the h to let any one of those things push hie?”
“And hire a hit man to kill me?” Madeline’s tone was filled with disbelief “Absolutely not He’s severely depressed and in a very dark place But his anger is all aimed inward Our conversations have been few, but they’ve all been civil, even friendly And no, I wasn’t and a in the divorce Conrad wastree”
“Maybe Maybe not” Casey intentionally kept her posture relaxed She was easing the conversation in a strategic direction that could possibly put Madeline on the defensive—especially since she’d just written her ex-husband off as a suspect “Would you object if I were to drive up and have a talk with Conrad?”
Madeline’s eyes widened, more in surprise than in defensiveness
“Just being thorough,” Casey added lightly
After considering that for a uess not,” she said “The truth is, Conrad and I may be divorced, but I still care about him I have no idea what his current state of mind is, and I don’t want to cause a setback So let’s talk to his doctor first and get her opinion Her name is Dr Marie Oberlin I’ll call her before you leave If she gives us her okay, I’ll text you all her contact info, and you can make the trip up to Danbury”
“That would be great”
Madeline’s eyes narrowed quizzically “I wasn’t expecting you to take such an aggressive stance when it caed? Did you dig up so I should know about?”
“No” Casey was blunt “What changed is that you and I are now alone and Marc isn’t in the room”
A flush stained Madeline’s cheeks, and she dropped her gaze “How much did Marc tell you?” she asked
“Marc doesn’t share Not his personal life But I’m sure that comes as no surprise to you”
“It doesn’t”
“Is there anything you’d like to share?”
Madeline’s hesitation was brief “I guess I came to Forensic Instincts because of and in spite of Marc Your company’s reputation is stellar I also kno extraordinary Marc is at everything he does Failure’s not in his vocabulary But I didn’t expect to react so powerfully to seeing hi to you”