Fatal Fishing by J L Johnson

Author:J L Johnson
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: humorous mystery, small town, Louisiana, senior sleuth, southern
Publisher: J&R Fan Fiction
Published: 2018-08-16T00:00:00+00:00

Thursday, July 29, 1993

“Ida Belle!” Gertie whispered excitedly. “Look at this, isn’t that the same image as the tattoo Walter said he saw?” She was pointing to a page introducing the school’s athletic teams. The image was one of many similar logos over a photo of Gordon Baker, who was listed as not only a science teacher, but also the coach of most of the boy’s athletic programs.

“Looks like it, but it’s a Louisiana state wrestling logo? It wasn’t a gang tattoo at all...”

“Nope, sure wasn’t,” Gertie agreed. She turned the page to the wrestling team. “Print that, we’ll show it to Walter, just so we’re certain.”

“He’s still pretty pissed at us,” Ida Belle said, “do we really have to...”

“Yes we do! Walter was the one who noticed it in the first place. Keep looking, do you recognize any of the other boys?”

“I wish we had those pictures back. It would make this easier,” Ida Belle huffed, earning her a stern look from the librarian. “One-day service my foot!”

“Maybe it’s one-day service in bigger towns, but not in Sinful. Three days was the best they could do... Although with the weekend coming up, it might be next week, so don’t get your hopes up.”

Gertie scanned the pictures, “I think the boys we saw all wrestled in high school. They all lettered, the whole team that year, even took third at the state tournament. I remember that. It was a big deal for a school that size. Hey, isn’t that our redhead? And it looks like he’s a twin.”

“Sure looks like him, or them,” Ida Belle claimed, after studying the pictures of the two identical redheaded boys. She’d been pacing while Gertie perused the books. “They’re not Monroe boys, though.” She pointed to a boy on the next row. “That’s the Monroe boy, well, one of them, anyway. How many boys did Tilly’s cousin have?”

“Four, maybe five, no twins, although there was one daughter, I think,” Gertie whispered, her face scrunched up in concentration. “Doesn’t really matter. What matters is we’ve proved it was a local body. Semi-local anyway, at least we know the victim was from Louisiana, and not from way up north like the sheriff thought. We should copy this and show him.” She waved the printout of the wrestling logo and Ida belle quickly snatched it from her.

“Hang on,” Ida Belle said as she studied the page. “Let’s wait till we get the pictures of that meth shack back. I saw a poster on the wall over there. An all-included 60’s, 70’s, and 80’s Mud Bug High School reunion is scheduled for this Saturday. We should go. You could get us in, couldn’t you?”

“Yeah, I could, but why?”

“Those boys all attended that school. I think there’s a chance the all-star wrestling team would show up to the reunion. We have to do something; we might learn something about them.”

“I suppose you’re right,” Gertie sighed. “I do know the coach, but half the town will be there, you really sure you want to go?”

“Yep,” Ida Belle tucked the printout into her purse.

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