Death Turns A Trick (The Rebecca Schwartz Series, Book 1) by Julie Smith

Author:Julie Smith [Smith, Julie]
Language: eng
Format: azw3
Tags: Mystery, San Francisco, female sleuth, Jewish sleuth, amateur sleuth, lawyer sleuth, legal thriller, Edgar winner, chick lit, funny mystery, comic mystery, series Rebecca Schwartz series, Jewish mystery, Jewish, romantic suspense
ISBN: 9781617507915
Publisher: booksBnimble
Published: 2013-12-11T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twelve

I left wondering where all that got me. I now had detailed and unwelcome insight into the sex life of a senator, and I had the senator himself for a suspect. But no motive for him. And no names for the two men who might have had motives. But wait a minute! If Kandi was blackmailing other clients, might she be blackmailing the senator? I decided against it. He might like torture games, but amorous flights of the imagination with a blackmailer were out of that realm. If she was shaking him down, he'd have dropped her like the other two did.

So far as I could see, I had only one solid piece of information: confirmation of the time Kandi left Elena’s. Elena had said ten minutes of one, which more or less agreed with my estimate. That meant Parker must have arrived at my place much later than Kandi did.

I headed my gray Volvo toward Eighth and Bryant streets, and the Hall of Justice, but I noticed with surprise that I did it reluctantly. I wasn’t eager to see Parker. My feelings for him were very confused. Trying to pin them down did no good; I felt like a sea anemone, reaching for something I couldn’t grasp. I knew that I disliked the mother role I’d been forced into. Yet I felt guilty about that. Here was a human being in genuine trouble who needed me; I should have been glad to help. And I was glad, on one level; it was by all odds the most interesting case I’d ever had. But I didn’t like being a support system; I distrusted it. I didn’t know if Parker and I would be able to resume our previous relationship when this was all over, and I didn’t know if I wanted to.

My next shrink appointment was Wednesday. I’d have to sort it all out then.

* * *

Parker had shaved, but he was still looking pale, and his forehead seemed permanently creased. He held me for a long time. I can’t explain it, but I felt rather used. We didn’t really know each other well enough to be going through this together.

“I talked to your mom,” I said when we broke the clinch. “We didn’t exactly hit it off.”

“I should have warned you. She has a tendency to behave like a dowager duchess.”

“Yes, well. She cast doubt on my professional expertise. Seemed to think you’d be better off with the famous Isaac Schwartz for a lawyer.”

“Your father?” Parker actually laughed. Perhaps the shock was wearing off and he was beginning to feel more himself. “I hope you gave her the well-known piece of your mind.”

“I wasn’t the soul of politeness.”

“Good for you.”

I told Parker things were looking better, without going into much detail. I let him know about the times, of course, but I thought it better to spare him the nuances that cast Kandi in an unflattering light. He had had enough hurt on that score, and he was bound to be in for more eventually.

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