Caveat Fuzzy by Diehr Wolfgang

Author:Diehr, Wolfgang [Diehr, Wolfgang]
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Published: 2012-11-26T13:25:50+00:00

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Ricardo La Rue was not expecting visitors at this time. There had been a few over the last couple of days who needed to have it explained to them that he was now the man in charge, that Laporte had signed over all of his business interests over to him and that he expected the same level of respect and deference originally attributed to his predecessor. A few mild examples had to be made to bring the more reluctant ones into line, but that was to be expected. Once La Rue “explained” that the new boss was the same as the old boss, people quickly fell into line.

La Rue had just finished counting the previous night’s receipts when his desk intercom buzzed. It was Rico, one of his personal bodyguards and assistants.

“Mr. La Rue, there’s a man here to see you,” came Rico’s voice from the speaker. “He says it is about an opportunity you might be interested in.”

Another opportunity. People like that came in all too frequently, usually with some half-assed caper they needed bank-rolled. “What is his name?”

“He didn’t say, but he said the previous owner and his boss worked on a project together.”

That piqued La Rue’s interest. “Very well, send him in.”

La Rue pressed a button that disengaged the deadbolt on the door and it instantly opened. The gentleman who entered had the look of a man familiar with the workings of the underworld. It wasn’t anything he was wearing or any distinguishing features or tattoos; it was the way he moved, the way he took in the room as he entered.

After the door closed, La Rue relocked it and offered his guest a seat.

“I’d rather stand,” the man said. “I’ve been sittin’ all day and need to stretch my legs.”

“I see.” La Rue started getting a bad feeling about his guest. “What can I do for you, Mr.—”

“Murdock. I’m here for Mr. Dane. He wants that I should tell ya to sell this joint.”

“Oh?” La Rue reached under the desk and grasped the hilt of a knife. “I have only recently acquired this establishment. I very much doubt you could make it worth my while to part with it so soon.”

“Yeah,” Murdock said menacingly, “we kinda thought that would be your attitude. So, we had a back-up plan ready to go in case ya refused to work with us.”

* * * * * * * * *

Marshal Fane was just getting ready to leave his office to have lunch when his viewscreen signaled that he had a call. Muttering a profanity he picked up on Shesha, he went back to his desk and flipped on the screen. Piet Dumont stared out at him.

“Inspector Dumont, how may I be of service?”

“Marshal, I think I found something on our Mr. La Rue,” Piet said. That got the Marshal’s attention. “I did some data stream scanning on the name and came across an article about a B-movie actor from Baldur by the name of Ricardo La Rue. He was

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