On he way back from the lab. Dan passed the squad room and giving a quick glance through the door, spied Sally Armstrong at her desk. He made the decision to stop and talk with her. He wanted to know if she'd picked up anything from the interviews she did. Sometimes her personal observations were priceless. She couldn't put them in the interview, not proper procedure, but she had an intuition that always amazed him. She was good at her job, and good at figuring out the people. Many times her instincts had proved to be right on the money, and helped him immeasurably when he couldn't get a handle on a case. It didn't hurt that she was easy on the eyes, either.

"Sally, got a minute?." he asked, "Need to see what you think about the Annie Belmont interviews." She looked up and gave him a grin, "Sure Dan, anything for my favorite Detective." He hoped that she had done more than just Jamie, but he didn't know, so he asked her how many of them she did. "All of them." she responded. "Any take on this Brenda? Seems like if she is as close as the son thinks, she might have a lot more to add." Sally thought for a minute, "I don't know for sure but I have a feeling that she has more information than she's telling me. I can't quite put my finger on it, just a feeling. She answers, but something in her makes me think she's got more to say. Tough nut to crack, gives exactly what you want to know, no more, no less, but still there's this lingering feeling." He remembered that feeling, just a gut reaction that happens when you hear something that feels out of place. "Did she tell the truth, do you think? he asked. "Yes she did, but I don't think it's the whole truth, not by a long shot." "Thanks Sally, I guess I'll head back and read the rest of the interviews." Sally reached out and touched his arm, "Dan, I don't think this ones coming back." he nodded his agreement and got up to leave.

Back in his office, with a fresh cup of mud in his hand, he pulled out his chair and sat down to read. He was pleased with himself for stopping to talk with Sally. It was good to know that he had to be alert for this one.

"Good Afternoon, I'm Sgt. Sally Armstrong of the Bayview Police Department. Thank you so much for your prompt response to my request for an interview."

"Pleased to meet you Sargeant, I'm Brenda Landry, and I came as quickly as I did because Annie was my best friend and I will do everything I can to try to help you find her."

S.A. "Sit down won't you, can I get you anything to drink?

B.L. "No thank you, I'm fine."

S.A. "As you all ready know we are investigating the dissappearance of Annie Belmont. I need to get some background on her. I need to know who she may have been seeing, if anyone, what she did with them. Who her other friends may have been. Who was close to her. Do you mind if I call you Brenda?"

B.L. "No of course not, Brenda is fine with me. I don't know everything there is to know about Annie, I don't think anyone does, but Annie herself. We've been friends since we were about 7 or 8. I'm just so grateful that the police are taking this seriously, she wouldn't have left Jamie like this. Something is seriously wrong. Jamie was her pride and joy, and she would have been there, or at least called him by now. It's been two days and she just wouldn't do this unless she had no choice, or was dead. I do hope she's not dead, but in my heart, I suspect she is.":

S.A. " I can't say that at this point, right now whe's a missing person, and we are trying to get any information that will aid us in trying to find her. Jamie says she didn't have any real men friends, except his Godfather Alan.
do you know anything different?"

B.L. " Well, Annie went out on a lot of dates, but I don't believe these men were what you called close to her. Look, she did a lot of one night stands. That's all Jamie's father ever was. Some guy she picked out because she liked his looks and thought they would make an attractive baby. I know this makes her sound...well...
promiscuous, but you had to know Annie, she had her reasons."

S.A. "I see, did you understand why she did this kind of thing, and how often did this take place?"

B.L. "She never told me this, but I had the feeling that her father was molesting her. He treated her as if she was his wife instead of his daughter when they were together. She didn't seem to be herself around him either, sort of withdrawn and Yes Daddy, No Daddy. Didn't talk much unless he spoke first, and then she'd answer yes or no. Still, when he wasn't around she'd talk a mile a minute. I always asked why she seemed so uncomfortble around him, but she would never tell me, just said I wouldn't want to know."

S.A. "I see, you said she went on a lot of dates, did you know any of the men she dated?"

B.L. "I used to when we were younger. She didn't date while she was pregnant with Jamie, and for the year after he was born. We used to go bar hopping and she usually could connect with someone and they'd make a date for a dinner or a movie, something like that. She never just picked up guys in bars and went home with them, she always just made a date for another time. Alan has been taking Jamie every other week since he was a year old, and the only time she went out was when he was with Alan. She usually had the crew over once a month for a dinner party on a Saturday night, but never included any of her dates. The parties stayed the same, but about two years ago, she started meeting guys on the internet. She kept the ones she would actually consider seeing to other cities in this state. Some of them were in Pennsylvania and a couple were in Ohio. She'd fly out on Friday, as soon as Alan left with Jamie. Meet the guy and if it was promising, stay through Saturday and come back on Sunday. That used to bother me a little, but she said she always met these guys in a manner that she could decide for herself if she wanted to actually make contact."

S.A, "Did it happen often that she would go and not meet the man in question?"

B.L. "Oh yeah, some of these guys are pretty bad. Older than they say they are, or they lie about themselves so much I wonder how they have the nerve to actually show for the date. She told me about this Gary one time. I don't remember where he was from, but it turns out that he was this real nerd. Short, fat, and greasy she called him. Said he sweat like a pig the whole time she was watching him.That weekend she came back on Saturday and she and I went out on Saturday. That must have been 6 months ago. Some of the guys that she stood up would get very angry and send her nasty e-mails and such, but she'd just close that account and open another one with a different address. I know her screen name is sexybabe35, but I never knew any of her addresses. I only have her Yahoo account and that is the one she used for friends."

S.A. "Did she seem worried about any of these encounters?"

B.L. "Not that I knew of. She always figured that she took enough steps to protect herself. You can do these kind of things when you have her kind of money. I wouldn't even try. Just my luck, I'd meet up with an axe murderer.

S.A. "What do you think she gained by all this? What was she looking for?"

B.L. "Sex. She didn't want a thing from these guys except sex. She would have guys falling all over her, trying to hold on. Me, I can't get them to go out with me more than one or two times. I'm still looking for Mr. Right, and I can't find him. She was only looking for Mr. Right Now. I always used to think that she was afraid they were after her money. Now I just don't know."

S.A. "Is there anything you can tell us about the men she met, besides the Gary incident?"

B.L. "No, she never told anything about the dates she made, just about the ones she didn't make contact with. I do think she kept records. I know she used to keep a diary, but with the computer, I'm not sure. Oh, look at the time, are we done here? I have to go to work, and I didn't think this would take this long. I will have to call and tell them if I'm going to be here much longer."

S.A. "No, I think this will do for now. I will call if we have any more questions. You don't mind do you?"

B.L. "Oh no, you have my number, call anytime. I do so wish you'd find her."

S.A. "We'll do the best we can."

Dan put down the file just as the phone started to ring. "Hey Dan, this is Larry down in Forensics. It was easier to get into her files than I thought "5 had quite a lot of stuff going on." He said. "On my way Larry, it's lunch time soon, need anything? I take it I'm going to be there awhile" "Yes you are Dan, yes you are."