“Just get the floor clean,” Molly said.
At least keep the floor clean, Jesse thought. He went into his office and closed the door. Better than nothing.
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Molly and Suit came into Jesse’s office together.
They looked
pleased with themselves.
“The seven hundred and twenty-eighth name on the patent list is
Arlington Lamont,” Molly said. “The patent was filed from San
Mateo, California, wherever that is.”
“Up by San Francisco,” Jesse said. He sat motionless with the
palms of his hands pressed together in front of him, his chin resting on the fingertips.
“And,” Suit said, “on the day of
the murder, Arlington Lamont
rented a Volvo Cross Country Wagon from Hertz at the airport.”
With the palms still pressed, Jesse lowered his hands and pointed his fingers at Suit and dropped his thumbs like the hammer on a gun.
“Bada bing,” he said.
They were all quiet.
“So maybe Lincoln is the phony ID,” Jesse said. “And Lamont is
the real one.”
“Same initials,” Molly said.
“Anthony Lincoln, Arlington
Lamont.”
Jesse nodded.
“Hertz requires driver’s license and credit card,” Jesse
said.
“Mass driver’s license,” Suit
said. “American Express
card.”
“How long?” Jesse said.
“They rented it to him for a week.”
“Returning it where?”
“Toronto airport,” Suit said.
“You think they’re actually going
to return it?”
“Attract less attention than if they dumped it,” Jesse said.
“They don’t expect us to have their name.”
“The credit card number will help us track them,” Molly said.
“You want me to hop on the phone and see what I can do?”
“No,” Jesse said.
“I’ll let Healy do that. They’ve got more resources and more clout than we have.”
“You think they’re going to settle in Canada?”
“Maybe, or maybe it’s just a big city with a big airport. Molly,
find out how many airlines fly out of Toronto and call all of them and see if any of them have reservations for Mr. and Mrs. Arlington Lamont.”
“Every airline?” Molly said.
“That’s a lot of time to be on
hold.”
“And keep checking with Hertz,” Jesse said. “To see if the car
got returned anywhere.”
“We could ask them to call us when the car showed up.”
Jesse looked at her without speaking.
