Harmony Black by Schaefer Craig

Author:Schaefer, Craig [Schaefer, Craig]
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
ISBN: 9781503950429
Published: 2016-02-01T05:00:00+00:00

TWENTY-THREE

Barry turned the phone on his desk, swiveling it closer to us, and turned up the volume on the speaker.

“Mayor Kite,” he said, trying to sound casual but failing, “such a pleasure. What can I do you for?”

“Need your help, Barry, pronto. No time to explain. Get out to County Line Road, near the twelve-mile marker. There should be a busted-up car there with a couple of bodies inside. You’ve got to make it disappear.”

Barry leaned forward in his chair. “How—excuse me, did you say bodies?”

“Yeah, and brace yourself, they’re not gonna look pretty. They’ve got to go. Burn everything.”

“Now, just hold on one second, Mr. Mayor,” Barry snapped. “This isn’t like letting your sister off on another DUI or pretending I don’t know about your nephew’s little pot farm out in the sticks. I don’t clean up bodies for you. I’m a goddamn sheriff.”

“You’re a man with access to a tow truck, and the authority to get things done. Authority you keep only so long as I allow you to have it. Don’t fuck with me, Barry. Not now, not today. Besides, this is covering your ass, too.”

“Really. How do you figure that?”

“Those bodies,” Mitchum Kite said, “belong to a couple of feds who were sticking their noses where they didn’t belong. You know what happens if they turn up dead? A lot more feds come to town. A lot more. Who knows who they’ll end up arresting, or what evidence they might find?”

“Say it plain,” Barry told him.

“I’m just thinking ‘small-town sheriff runs empire of corruption’ makes for a great headline. Somebody’s leaving Talbot Cove in handcuffs, and it won’t be me.”

I grabbed a notepad and a ballpoint pen with a chewed-up cap from Barry’s desk, scribbling a fast note:

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