Gladdy Gold Mysteries - 06 - Getting Old Is Tres Dangereux by Rita Lakin

Author:Rita Lakin
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Tags: Mystery
ISBN: 9780440245421
Publisher: Random House, Inc.
Published: 2010-07-15T07:00:00+00:00

15

MISSED CALLS

Evvie and I are back at Lanai Gardens in the laundry room. I have my cell phone with me, waiting for Jack to call. He’s with Morrie; they’re checking out the old guy’s credit card.

Since she’s keeping me company, she’s doing a load, too. And she has her cell, waiting to hear from Joe. She’s always on edge when he goes to the hospital without her. He insists that she have days without him. “‘Go have fun,’ he keeps telling me. As if I could. He’s on new medications. I don’t know how I feel about him taking them,” Evvie says. “He’s so frail now that if these don’t work they’ll weaken him even more.” She looks at me with tears forming. “It might even shorten his time.”

I put my arms around her and hug her. She can’t even say the words that mean the end of his life.

Evvie shakes off her depressed mood. “I just try not to think about it.”

The dryer dings and it’s time to get my clean wash out, so she can put hers in.

She shakes her head sadly, still thinking of Joe. “It took this long to get us to be friends again. Even lovers. Why do we always have to learn life’s lessons the hard way?”

This doesn’t call for an answer. We know the answer. There is none. We concentrate on our chores.

Evvie smiles. “We haven’t had any time to discuss stuff alone. I’d rather talk about the narrow escape you had at your so-called farewell dinner. If it had been me I would have skewered her with a salad fork and that would be that.”

I laugh. “I wish you had been there, but I took your advice and remained a lady.”

“You really thought I meant it? I wanted you to show her up as the phony she is. Nah, you did it the right way.”

It’s my cell that rings first.

“Jack?” I listen. “It’s only the noise of the washer and dryer. Can you hear me?” Evvie leans over, trying to hear. I tell him, “Let me repeat what you’re saying. Ev’s with me.”

I move closer to the door so I can hear better. Now I frown. “That’s what I was afraid of.” I repeat for Evvie. “The killer used a stolen credit card. One of the convention people. Some man from Boca. Dead end.” I listen. And repeat again. “Yes, at least Morrie now has some sort of a description. The hotel manager has been informed and their security people are on high alert. They are searching everywhere for him, including going through all the security tapes.” I listen again. “What?” Evvie is waiting for me to repeat for her, but I suddenly can’t hear Jack.

I inform Evvie that his cell phone is breaking up.

“What, Jack? Where? Hello? Hello?” I give up. “All right, dear. I’ll see you when I see you.” I hang up, not knowing if he even heard what I just said.

“What happened?” She folds clean laundry on the small plastic table put here for that purpose.

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