Jake Randolph in "Bourbon On The Rocks" Pt. 16

He took the glass flask out of his pocket, swigging more of the bourbon. It smelled cheap. It was beginning to look like everything around Milton Dunn was cheap.

"I told you, Jake, I'm not wanted for murder. Just for questioning."

"Because you were the last person seen with Paige Turner before she was found dead?"

He nodded. The fact that he wasn't rushing to tell me this story to prove his innocence let me know that, if he was innocent and I decided to help, this was going to be like trying to push a tank up a hill...