“Give me Lieutenant Adams,” he said to the desk sergeant.
“He’s not here. Who’s calling?”
“He’s on his way down. Hasn’t he arrived yet?”
“He’s been in and he’s gone out again. What is it?”
Ken replaced the receiver.
Suppose Dorman left the cruiser before he could tell Adams where he was? he thought. If he were to get out of this jam, he had to help himself.
He would go to the waterfront and watch the cruiser until Adams came.
He went to Adams’ desk, wrote down Darcy’s message, added that he was going to try to find the Willow Point and urged Adams to come as quickly as he could. He left the message on the table, grabbed his hat and left the apartment. He cautiously opened the front door.
Rain was falling, and the wet darkness gave him a feeling of security. He went down the steps and, turning left, he walked as quickly as he could towards the river.