DEADLY MOVES by J. M. Venturini
Author:J. M. Venturini
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: By Jove
CHAPTER 42
Workmanâs Comp
âLook at this one partner,â shouted McMurray to Lola. She had just appeared from the record stacks with yet another dusty records box.
âWhatcha got?â
âWoman in â92, a Sarah Marie Whitehall, didnât report her husband missing until thirty-three days later. Who waits that long? Damn, thereâs no follow up from a detective assigned to the case.â
âWhoâs took the call?â
âSargent Willy Sabean. You heard of him? Name doesnât ring a bell.â
âNope. Probably sat on a desk getting hemorrhoids near the end of his twenty and retired soon after. Weâll reach out to him later. Hopefully heâs still got a pulse, isnât drooling in his oatmeal, and somehow remembers Sarah. Cross your fingers that he asked why it took the wife so long to report her husband among the missing,â said Lola.
Dumping the cardboard box onto the old Steelcase desk she blew off the fine layer of dust off the top. Coughing she pulled up a chair and settled in not expected much to come from her efforts.
âHmmm, no record of her calling again. No stiff ever turned up that fit the description she gave. And get this, she went into the wind like her old man when detectives tried to follow up. The info she gave was phony ân couldnât track her down. Weird shit.â
âWho did the follow up? Any kids or relatives?â
âNo record of the shield who followed up but it says here she had a kid. No name though. Why didnât she wanna track the hubby and get him to pay for junior after he flew the coop? Momma was forty-eight, no job history, so no income there. Hah, sez the hubby sold typewriter ribbons and carbon paper, remember that shit? Typinâ up reports on triplicate was a bitch, then half the sheetâs covered with Whiteout blobs or X-outs. Ah, youâre too young and missed all that shit. Sarah musta had a sugar daddy stashed somewhere to pay the bills since her breadwinner went bye-bye. Either she started turning tricks âcause she listed housewife as occupation, or she split to go mooch off the kindness of strangers. In any case, she never returned.â
âThatâs enough unknowns to put Sarah Marie Whitehallâs on top of the follow-up pile. After we go through these two boxes thereâs only one more year to go,â said Lola reaching in to pull out a file.
âFuck, another paper cut,â she complained sucking on the tip of her right index finger
âWorkmanâs comp, partner, write it up,â said McMurray.
âYou think theyâd have all this shit digitized by now.â
âNot when they have lackeys like us to sit here and waste taxpayerâs money.â
The two ceased any further chatter until Lolaâs phone broke the silence. McMurray saw her swipe it to voicemail.
A few more moments passed.
âI give, that Dante or Tim? Or did I just cross the line?â asked McMurray knowing full well he did.
âCrossed? You crushed the fuckinâ line but itâs no big secret ⦠It was Tim.â
âGave him the brush off because?â
âNo brush off, Iâm working. And before you ask, havenât had the talk yet,â said Lola.
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