Hellbender by King Laurie R

Author:King, Laurie R. [King, Laurie R.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Laurie R. King
Published: 2013-10-17T00:00:00+00:00

SALAMAN? $500 AN HOUR FOR YOUR PARTICIPATION IN A STUDY.

EASY, QUICK, UNOBTRUSIVE, PRIVATE, YOU CAN HELP OTHERS

AND EARN HARD CASH FAST.

The ad ended with a linked contact address. The second page, taken from Eileen’s page two months ago, had the same wording except for one thing.

The payment offered had gone up tenfold, to $5,000.

I fed my client another beer, then the chocolate. Before long her eyelids drooped into the relief of sleep. I pulled the covers over her, dropped the empty boxes into the wastebasket, and stretched out on the adjacent bed.

“Thank you, Mike,” she said, her voice drowsy.

“Sure, honey. Hey, tell me something?”

“Hmm?”

“How’d you find me? When you came to my office?”

“Saw you in a bar, about six months ago. Someone I was with pointed you out, said you were a private investigator. One look, and I knew.”

“Took you all that time to come up with an excuse to hire me, huh?”

“Hmm,” she mumbled, and a minute later she was snoring into her pillow.

The kiss she’d given me had nothing to do with romance. I knew that. Still, I couldn’t help the memory of it on my mouth as I lay there, staring up at the ceiling, six chaste feet away from her.

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