Fables & Felonies (Lindy Johnson Series Book 4) by Nellie K. Neves

Author:Nellie K. Neves [Neves, Nellie K.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-09-23T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 13

Kip and I had dated years ago. He was PD, or pre-diagnosis, back when I was a bit more carefree with my life. We’d stayed friends over the years, and occasionally I hired him to do some of my deeper research. Computers and I were not friends. I could do the basics, enough to complete a background check or investigate simple fraud, but anything deeper and I got lost. Spend an afternoon in a dusty basement going through planning documents and musty books full of somewhat pointless information? Absolutely. I’m your girl. But computers beyond billing and invoices, no, not my bag.

“Hey, Lindy, it’s been awhile,” Kip said, picking up on the second ring. He was married a few months ago and I tried to give him some space.

“Yeah. Sorry, Kipper.” I sank onto the couch in my cottage. “I was incommunicado for a bit.”

“Everything okay?”

“Okay enough.” I knew he could hear it was far from the truth. “Amos is wrapped up in something, and I’m trying to get him out of it.”

“Oh, Lindy, no, not him again.”

“It’s not like that,” I assured him. “But I need your expertise for a bit if you can.”

“Yeah, of course.” It didn’t take much to get Kip involved. He seemed to love the danger, at least from a distance. As a software engineer, he didn’t get to see much of it without me.

“I’m back home, at my parents’ place.” I had to pause to give him time to snicker. “There’s a nightclub here called Club Feugo. I don’t have much more than a hunch, but I need to know if there’s something illegal happening there. Can you see what you can dig up for me?”

The keys clattered in the background before I stopped talking. I hadn’t meant that very moment, but maybe my absence had him hoping for a little adventure.

“How are things with your sister?” Kip asked, while the keys still rattled like rain on a roof.

I knew he didn’t mean Eleanor.

Jackie.

“I’ve had to put that on hold for a bit.” I hated admitting it out loud. “Too many other people to save.”

“You told your parents yet?”

“No, I want to know it’s her for sure.”

“You should tell them anyway. She’s their daughter. They have a right to know.” A few keystrokes hit hard and fast, a clue that he’d found something. “Hey, right away I’m seeing that there was a body found in the alley that borders the club almost three weeks ago. You know, it wasn’t hard to find, you could really start doing some of your own research.”

“But then I wouldn’t have an excuse to call my favorite computer nerd.”

“Hey now,” Kip scolded me, “I’m a married man.”

I knew better than to take him seriously, long after we broke up he still adored the attention.

“See what else you can find and hit me back, okay?”

“Will do.” I almost ended the call when I heard his final admonition, “And tell your parents, Lindy.”

I hung up, knowing he was right. Jackie was their daughter, and it needed to be done.

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