Easy (A Flap Tucker Mystery Book 1) by Phillip Depoy

Author:Phillip Depoy [Depoy, Phillip]
Language: eng
Format: azw3
Publisher: Endeavour Press
Published: 2015-11-02T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter 13: Teeth Marks

When I woke up I went back to Decatur. The afternoon sun was warm and we were back to a more typical kind of weather for a Georgia November. I’d called just to check up on old Teeth — see if I was wrong about the cops and all. Turns out they’d called just before I had. They were on their way for a little visit. He seemed kind of glad to hear from me. I think he was glad I was coming over too.

When I got to his house he was in the front, on his knees, digging around his mailbox with a little spade. I parked on the street and got out of the car.

He didn’t even look up. “Never too late for pansies.”

I watched him dig. “You gotta plant ’em every year?”

“Uh-huh.”

“Why don’t you go for perennials?”

“Well…” He got to his feet. “Once I plant these pansies they’ll bloom from now until the really hot weather starts in late spring next year. Most perennials bloom only a week or two. More work equals more bloom.”

“I thought if you did right with the perennials, you could have color all season long.”

“You been talking to Tony.”

“Okay, maybe I have.”

He headed for the house. “He’s the one got me into gardening.”

“Yeah, I’m thinkin’ about it myself.”

“But my favorite is spices, and he knows nothing when it comes to them.”

“Yeah, I know you got mint all over the backyard.”

We got to the porch. I waited while he took off his shoes and dropped them on the steps. He sighed. “Mint was Ruby’s idea.”

“So…the police called?”

He opened the door. “On their way.”

Inside, he hadn’t picked up and things were a little messier than on my previous visit, but it was still impressive with the decor and whatnot. Teeth fell onto the sofa.

“Yeees, they couldn’t figure it out all by themselves, but mean old mister computer told them that the common element in two unsolved murder cases was none other than yours very truly.”

“As we knew it would.”

“I tried to convince them that it was pure coincidence, which they don’t really seem to believe in as a concept. I mean, Tony’s as much of a connection as I am.”

“Tony? Tony the Boulder at the Tip Top?”

He smiled. “Tony the Boulder — that’s cute.”

“What’s Tony got to do with it?”

“He’s the one got me the job at the Tip Top — you know, because of his sister.”

“His sister?”

“Aggie. Aggie Donne. She worked at the GIMH when I did. We were pretty tight. I think she got fired on account of me. I mean, she was always defending me, God bless her twisted little self. Anyway, when I got the ax she called up her bro and got me my current position.”

“Augusta Donne is Tony the Boulder’s sister?”

“I figured you knew that.” He shifted and sat up — even smiled. “You know, I thought about you after you left the other day.”

“No. I didn’t know.”

“I was on a different shift than Scooter and all most of the time, but I thought we’d met.

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