Company Man (2006)
“Audrey was astonished, actually, when Nicholas Conover picked up the phone so quickly. She was expecting the usual runaround, the game of telephone tag that powerful men so often liked to play.
“Mr. Conover, this is Detective Rhimes. I’m sorry to bother you again.”
The slightest beat of silence.
“No bother at all,” he said. “What can I do for you?”
“Well, now, I was wondering if we might be able to look around your house.”
“Look around…?”
“We were thinking it would help us a great deal in estab...lishing Andrew Stadler’s whereabouts that night. That morning.” She hoped the shift to “we” was subtle enough. “If indeed it was Andrew Stadler who went to your house that night, he might have been scared off by all the new security measures. The cameras and the lights and what have you.”
“It’s possible.” Conover’s voice sounded a bit less friendly now.
“So if we’re able to nail down whether he did go to your house—whether it really was him who came by and not, say, a deer—that’ll be a big help in mapping his last hours.MoreLess
“Mr. Conover, this is Detective Rhimes. I’m sorry to bother you again.”
The slightest beat of silence.
“No bother at all,” he said. “What can I do for you?”
“Well, now, I was wondering if we might be able to look around your house.”
“Look around…?”
“We were thinking it would help us a great deal in estab...lishing Andrew Stadler’s whereabouts that night. That morning.” She hoped the shift to “we” was subtle enough. “If indeed it was Andrew Stadler who went to your house that night, he might have been scared off by all the new security measures. The cameras and the lights and what have you.”
“It’s possible.” Conover’s voice sounded a bit less friendly now.
“So if we’re able to nail down whether he did go to your house—whether it really was him who came by and not, say, a deer—that’ll be a big help in mapping his last hours.MoreLess
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