A Cold Case Froze by J. L. Collins

Author:J. L. Collins [Collins, J. L.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2020-08-27T22:00:00+00:00

The fraternity was crowded with its members going in and out, and no one seemed to even care that a woman and a bird just appeared in the foyer.

“This is not my idea of a fun Saturday,” Goldie muttered under her breath. “Where do you think we should look first?”

“Yo!” The deep roar echoed through the room, and half of the guys whipped around to face the huge guy coming from around the corner. His wings were dwarfed by the sheer size of his muscles, and I wouldn’t have been surprised if he was currently going through a ‘roid rage.

“Which one of you little plebes had the cajones to drink my beer? Do you know how hard it is to score beer around here?”

Goldie and I exchanged glances and watched as guys scattered like rats in a sewer. When I heard a few of them whisper Cosmo, I knew we found our guy.

Which was just awesome, considering the huge vein pulsing at his temple.

“This is going to be fun,” I whispered to Goldie, shaking my head. “He seems like a real charmer.”

No one wanted to claim the vanished beer, and that only left Cosmo in a worse mood. As he slipped back into the other room pots and pans could be heard banging around in what must have been the kitchen.

“Come on,” Goldie said, nudging me. “Let’s get this over with.”

Sure enough, we turned the corner and stepped into a huge kitchen that smelled like something had been badly burned and then covered in Axe body spray.

Just your average frat house, I guess. But Cosmo was the only one present, busy leaning over and sifting through the refrigerator.

I cleared my throat.

He looked over his shoulder at me, his demeanor relaxing some as he stood back up. “Who are you?”

Such a gentleman, truly. I bit back my first response and pasted a smile on my face. “I’m Indie, and this is my friend Goldie.”

“Uh huh.”

Goldie went to perch on the counter, taking point. “Listen Cosmo, we have an issue.”

He scoffed. “What does that have to do with me?”

Shrugging, she took a few more steps toward him. “I heard you might have the same issue.”

This seemed to catch his interest, though I didn’t know where she was going with it. A rogue agent… I could respect that.

“And what’s that?”

“Everyone’s out there moping over Helio Rumpleroot while my friend is lying in the hospital unable to wake up. This guy who thought he was top dog tried to swindle me out of my money. I was putting down some serious cash on the races, but then he went and died and now I can’t get that money back.” She shrugged again. “Maybe you can relate?”

I had no doubt that he was sizing her up but even I might have fallen for her performance if I didn’t already know better. She topped it off with a huff.

“Never mind. You’re probably just like the rest of them, fawning all over him.”

“Wait,” Cosmo said, shoving the refrigerator door closed.

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