Corner Office (From the Tales of Dan Coast Book 12) by Rodney Riesel

Author:Rodney Riesel [Riesel, Rodney]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Island Holiday Publishing
Published: 2019-12-02T22:00:00+00:00

Chapter Eighteen

After leaving Lola Paragould's house Skip drove over to Dan's office. “Where should I park?” he asked.

“Just park on the sidewalk in front of the building,” Dan replied.

“No!” shouted Red. “I'm not getting tased again.” He pointed at the parking spots across the street. “Park over there.”

Skip took a left at the intersection and whipped into an empty space.

The three men exited the vehicle and crossed the street. They walked around the corner, and up the stairs to the second floor. Dan slid his key into the lock and opened the door.

Skip walked through the door first, followed by Red, and then Dan. Dan left the door open.

“Desk. Office. Bathroom. Case board. Nice!” Skip remarked. “It's got everything. Cool, bro.”

“I'm glad you approve,” said Dan. He walked around the desk to his office door and pushed it open. “This is my desk.”

Skip peered through the door. “Nice,” he said. He looked back at the other desk. “This is Red's desk?”

“Yup.”

“I'm not his secretary,” said Red.

“I didn't say you were, Red Man.”

“But he kinda is,” Dan said.

“No, I'm not,” Red insisted.

“Whatever,” said Dan. “It's your story.”

“Yeah, it is,” Red shot back. “And in my story, I'm not the secretary.”

Skip chuckled as he crossed the room toward the case board. He picked up the blue marker and drew a line across the board. He began making hash marks and listing them as the days of the week. “Marilyn Valdosta said she and Branson arrived in Key West Wednesday afternoon, and he disappeared Thursday morning.”

“That's right,” Dan said.

Red walked around his desk and sat down in the old wooden desk chair.

“Hold my calls,” Dan said to Red.

“Hold my ass,” Red responded.

Skip and Dan laughed.

Skip kept writing notes on his timeline. “Lola and Shelby arrived by plane that same morning. Branson did arrive on a different flight, but it was with Marilyn. A short time later, Branson left Marilyn to meet Lola at their home. Branson was called away from Lola's later that night, but returned about three hours later.”

“He probably had to be with Marilyn for awhile Wednesday night,” Dan concurred.

“Right,” Skip agreed, “but then he crawled back into Lola's bed in time to get up and have breakfast with her the following morning.”

“And then he left the house to supposedly meet with his handler.”

“Correct, but what he really did, was go back to Marilyn's to eat a second breakfast with her.”

“Two breakfasts,” said Red. “A man after my own heart.”

“If you're lucky maybe you'll run into him in a grocery store,” said Dan.

Skip turned back to the board. “Branson was halfway through his breakfast when Marilyn decided to go out and get the paper.”

“And when she returned,” Red said, “Branson was gone.”

“Why's it say Moose Tracks up here?” Skip asked.

“It's a flavor of ice cream,” Dan answered.

“Never heard of it.”

“You shittin' me?”

“I told him I never heard of it either,” said Red.

Dan clapped his hands together. “Well, then, you boys are in for a real treat,” he said. “Let's get some ice cream!”

“I could eat!” Red said, and jumped out of his chair.

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