After a late lunch at the diner in town, Gannon and Kit checked into two rooms at the same hotel he and John Barber had stayed at.
It was getting dark when Gannon got out of the shower and saw the text from Kit suggesting an attempt to contact the medical examiner.
Gannon cursed softly under his breath twenty minutes later as he brought the Armada into the lot of the medical examiner’s office back on Pearl Street and saw only one car.
“Damn, looks like we’re too late,” he said to Kit in the passenger seat beside him. “We’ll have to try back again in the morning.”
They were still in the lot making a U-turn when they saw the figure emerge from the small building’s front door.
“On second thought,” Gannon said as he saw that it was the same heavyset doctor he and Barber had dealt with the first time they’d been there.
What was his name again? Gannon thought.
“Dr. Thompson?” he called as he pulled up alongside him.
“Yes. Can I help you?” Thompson said as he stepped over, still holding his keys.
“I’m Special Agent Hagen, Doctor,” Kit said, leaning sideways to show him her credentials. “And this is my partner, Gannon.”
Gannon reached over and extended his hand to the doctor.
“You can call me Mike.”
“I was wondering if I could speak with you about the shootings up on Grand Teton.”
“You keep some inconvenient hours, Agent Hagen,” the doctor said, checking his watch. “I was just about to have dinner. Couldn’t it wait until tomorrow?”
“We actually just got off a plane and are starving ourselves,” Gannon said quickly. “Could we maybe talk over dinner, Doc? Our treat.”
A smile played on the doctor’s lips as he thought about that.
Gannon was pleased by the lack of recognition in the doctor’s face as he looked back at him. He was newly shaven and shorn and wearing a suit. The doctor seemed completely oblivious that they had already met. He must have thought Gannon was just another FBI agent, Gannon realized. He certainly wasn’t going to tell him otherwise.
“A dinner meeting. That’s an interesting prospect,” the doctor finally said. “There actually is a nice new place not far from here.”
“Lead the way, Doc,” Gannon said.