A New Prospect by Wayne Zurl

Author:Wayne Zurl
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: police detective murder, mystery crime novel, southern crime mystery, crime mystery murder, police crime procedural
Publisher: Melange Books, LLC

Chapter Nineteen

On Thursday morning, I spent time sending out inquiries on Cecil Lovejoy. I wanted his background information before speaking with our subjects and suspects. A primary rule of interviewing is, know the answers before you ask the questions. Knowing Cecil’s prior history with people would help me to spot lies or evasions.

Then I sat in my office, trying to conjecture how Cecil made his moves on these women.

Obviously, Lovejoy would approach the likely candidates when they were alone. This solitary female, the one who wanted an unaffordable house and might keep a secret, seemed the best way for him to start.

Slithering up on his prey, old silver-tongued Cecil would test the value of his Southern charm. I could almost hear him making his pitch.

“I know how much y’all want ta have one o’ my houses, and I’m just as sorry as I can be ta learn that y’all couldn’t qualify for a mortgage or a buildin’ loan.”

The woman might think Cecil only wanted to be kind. Then he’d continue, and she’d soon know better.

“But ya see, there is a way for you, and that lucky husband o’ yours, ta get that lovely home, and that’s what I’d like us ta talk about.”

I envisioned smiles and nods from the enthused mouse as the wily snake circled.

“There are special cases, ya know,” he’d say, “where I might see my way clear ta intercede on a client’s behalf and co-sign a mortgage with the bank…for someone who needed that very special favor, so ta speak.”

Cecil’s mark might see a ray of hope. Her dream home might still be obtainable.

“However, if I were ta go outta my way and put so much o’ my hard-earned, workin’ capital at risk, I’d surely like ta get an equally special favor in return. You unnerstand?”

She probably didn’t. Cecil would smile like a monitor lizard and go deeper into his act.

“It’s really very simple and would cost ya absolutely nothin’.”

He’d pause and offer another fatherly smile, letting the idea of no cost sink in.

“Ya see, I’m a great admirer of lovely ladies, and I think you are a very beautiful woman. So, for me ta co-sign your loan and make it possible for y’all to own that dream house of yours, I’d like ya ta allow me ta photograph ya in some very tasteful, but very erotic poses.”

If Cecil got thrown out on his ear, he lost nothing. If she complained to someone, it was her word against Lovejoy’s, and he could make up some story about her grossly misunderstanding his intentions.

If she looked interested, he’d promise her husband would never learn of their little secret. If the woman wanted the house more than her modesty, Cecil scored. We know of at least four women who we thought couldn’t live without the house of her dreams.

Anyway, all that sounded plausible to me. And we’d meet those four women when our road work began the next day.

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