Big Lake 05-Big Lake Scandal by Russell Nick
Author:Russell, Nick [Russell, Nick]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Suspense, American Suspense, Police Procedural, Crime Thriller, Murder Investigation, Arizona
Published: 2014-08-25T00:00:00+00:00
Chapter
21
âTell me again, why am I having dinner with Archer Wingate and his girlfriend?â Weber asked. âDonât I get enough of him at work?â
âBecause weâre trying to make Kallie Jo feel welcome,â Mary told him. âNow you be nice.â
âIâm always nice,â Weber told her. âWhen am I not nice?â
âIâm looking forward to this,â Pete Caitlin said. âWait until you see that girl eat. Sheâll put Parks here to shame. And she never misses a beat, still talking at a hundred miles an hour all the while.â
âPete! Iâm warning youâ¦â
âOh, hush woman. You know itâs the truth.â
âYes, it is the truth, but you know you like her just as much as I do.â
âWell hell, woman, I never said I didnât like her. I like Parks too, but that donât mean heâs perfect, not by a damned sight! Iâm just telling the straight facts.â
âMy Mama thinks I'm perfect,â Parks said petulantly as he reached for a hot roll Mary had just taken out of the oven.
She slapped his hand and said, âYou just wait until dinner!â
âI havenât seen Kallie Jo eat,â Robyn said, âbut she sure can talk. I didn't know what the heck was going on when she grabbed hold of me. And I still donât know what she meant with all that stuff about me loving Archer, and stepping aside. What was that all about?â
âWhat it was about was that our boy Archer seems to have quite an imagination,â Weber said. âApparently he's been feeding Kallie Joe a line of crapola that stretches all the way from here back to Georgia. I don't know who's dumber, him for saying all of that or her for believing it.â
âI don't think Archerâs dumb at all,â Parks said. âI think heâs brilliant. The dumb stuff is all an act. He's got us all believing he's the village idiot, so he gets away with all kinds of stuff. And it turns out he's devious as all get out. That boy should quit playing cop and start writing fiction, because he's got talent for it.â
âHey, it may have been a line of bullshit, but it worked,â Pete said, âhe got her to come way out here with those stories of his.â
âNow you all be nice,â Mary chided them. âSure, Archer told a lot of tall tales, but who was he hurting? And don't you forget, Pete Caitlin, youâve told a few whoppers in your life, too!â
âThose were all fishing stories, Pete argued. âA man's gotta tell fishing lies or heâs not worth being out on the lake with.â
âWell, whatever he told that girl, it looks like she's here to stay,â Weber said.
âSay what you will,â Mary said, âno matter how it started out, love is a beautiful thing.â
âWhy, you're just a hopeless romantic,â Robyn told her with a smile.
âOf course she thinks love is a beautiful thing,â Pete said. âShe married me! How could it be anything but beautiful?â
âYeah, it's beautiful,â Mary agreed as she bustled around the kitchen getting the final preparations for dinner done.
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