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sense. Audrey might go for a guy over sixty. But why isn’t he living in her house? Everyone I talked to said the younger guy has been living with her.”
    “That’s what I want to find out.”
    They got out of the car and went inside to his desk. She sat in the chair in front of his desk while he did a search for Jason Frye, Sr. He had been bailed out of jail in 2011. Conner couldn’t find any more information on him.
    “You got that printout Penny gave you?”
    “Yeah,” she said. She pulled it out of her purse and handed it to him.
    “The transaction was in 2013. The back of the title is signed. We need something with the younger Frye’s signature.”
    “His driver’s license would have it.”
    “I forgot to ask Penny for that. ”
    She slumped a bit in the seat.
    “It’s gonna be all right,” he said.
    “Do you think he…hurt her?”
    Conner hesitated. “I never jump to conclusions.”
    “Even when they are slapping you in the face?”
    “Especially then.”
    She sighed. “I just want to know what happened to her. I don’t believe she’s on any cruise.”
    Conner again put his hand on hers.
    “I’ve done these kinds of cases before. It’s very possible she did go on a cruise. Don’t give up on her yet.”
    Mel nodded, but the feeling in her gut didn’t go away.
    Conner turned on the engine. He didn’t put the car in gear, though.
    “Where are we going now?” she asked.
    “I’m hungry,” he said.
    “So do you want to get something to eat?”
    “Do you mind?”
    “No. I’ll eat something.”
    He took her to a taco place on Starkey Road. The tacos were huge and tasted good. Mel kept looking at Conner. He was a nice guy. He was good looking. Too bad he lived in Florida.
    “Both Jason and his father were arrested for possession. I didn’t see that either of them did any jail time, so they must have pled out at arraignment and were sentenced to probation and fines.”
    “Was that the only time they were arrested?”
    “In Pinellas County. I didn’t find either of them on the FDLE website. That means they didn’t go to prison.” He wiped his mouth. “I want to know where the dad is.”
    “He would have had to be around to get the title changed over, right? The people in the park office would have wanted to see him, wouldn’t they?”
    “You’d think so. But these guys may be slick enough to fool them, too.”
    “The woman I met in the office had to be seventy. They might have caught her off-guard.”
    “Is she the one who signs the leases?”
    “I don’t think so. She wasn’t the manager. She did know how the rent was being paid, though.”
    “She probably covers the office for the manager. We gotta talk to them.” He looked at her empty wrapper. “You finished?”
    “Yeah. Let’s go.”
    They got into his car and she sighed.
    “I keep seeing her in a hospital, or nursing home.”
    “They would have contacted her family.”
    “Would they? What if Jason took her there? What if she was unconscious and he gave them her emergency contacts?”
    Conner would be glad if they found Audrey in a nursing home. At least she would be alive.
    “Be glad if we find her that way,” he said.
    “What other way…oh. I can’t think about that.”
    “We forgot to get something else from Penny.”
    “What?”
    “A copy of the new titles. The ones showing Jason Frye as the owner . We’re closer to the DMV. We can stop there and I’ll get copies.”
    The DMV was crowded. They got a number and waited until it was called. They went to the desk and Conner smiled at the woman and flashed his badge.
    “I was wondering if you could help me,” he said.
    “In an official capacity?” the woman asked. Her name badge said “Connie.”
    “Ah, yes. I need current titles for someone named Jason Frye.”
    She began to type. “Is there a middle name?”
    He went back to Jason, Jr.’s mug shot on his phone. “John.”
    She typed for a minute. “July 8, 1952.”
    “That’s the father,”