Invasion of Privacy by Perri O'Shaughnessy

Author:Perri O'Shaughnessy
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
ISBN: 9780307423078
Publisher: Random House Publishing Group
Published: 2007-12-17T16:00:00+00:00

"No, Bobby, you cannot get in there," Nina told Bobby ten minutes later, out on the dusty track.

Ralph Kettrick stood next to Satan’s Hoof, about as tall as the tires, fingering a rabbit’s foot that dangled off his belt and talking to a mechanic who was down on his hands and knees looking for something.

"Hey! How did you like the way ol’ Satan wiped out the competition today, l’il fan?" he said to Bobby. He shook hands with Paul and Nina, then said, "You’re the lady in the fake mink collar, right? Glad you could come." His cropped blond hair, wet from sweating under the helmet, was a true blond, not the white albino hair of his father. He wore a soiled fire-retardant jumpsuit that emphasized his short, stocky body and big, vacant grin.

"It was so rad," Bobby said. "Who won the contest?"

"You mean, to sit in the truck? We’re just checkin’ her over, and then some kid from Elko gets to sit up there with me and have his picture taken. How’s it look, Pete?"

The mechanic said from underneath somewhere, "Used two quarts of oil on that last run. I’m filling it up again."

"All right. Little oil leak, no big thing," Kettrick said.

The mechanic got to his feet, put his knuckles at his waist, and stretched backward. "It’s full up. Get somebody to reweld the pump before you race again."

"Thanks, man," Kettrick said. "So, bud, you want to hop up there?"

"Not today, thanks," Nina said quickly.

"I was talking to the l’il fan," Kettrick said. He didn’t seem quite as amiable.

Paul said, "Wondered if we could ask you a few questions about Terry London."

"Oh, yeah. That’s who you are. I almost forgot. The lawyer for the guy that did it to Terry. You really going to do a trial? Am I gonna have to, like, show up in court?"

"I believe my client is innocent," Nina said.

"Well, you ain’t gonna prove it by me. I was sound asleep when my dad looked out the window and saw the guy take off."

"The shots didn’t wake you?"

"Didn’t hear a thing. My dad snores so loud, I sleep with a pillow over my head. I sleep hard too."

"I was wondering why your dad didn’t call the police, after hearing shots and seeing someone running," Paul said.

"He probably thought Terry had a late visitor and ran him off her property by shooting a couple into the air," Kettrick said. "See, he didn’t want to mess with her. They didn’t get along."

"Your dad said you used to do some work for her."

"Ever since I was fifteen. Handyman stuff. Only way I had to make some money until I started driving when I was eighteen."

"Did you get to be friends?" Nina said. Bobby had walked around to the other side of the huge truck, and seemed to be climbing inside one of the wheel wells. "Bobby, come away from there!" she added sharply. Paul walked around to corral the kid. He could see and hear Kettrick perfectly well through the steel struts.

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