Just the Facts, Volume 1 by Edward Kendrick

Author:Edward Kendrick [Long, Edward Kendrick Thomas Grant Bruso W.S.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: JMS Books LLC
Published: 2019-08-03T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 6

Steve is not in our booth when I return to the diner.

Lou tells me he is in the restroom.

A sense of relief relaxes the knot in my tight shoulders. I take a seat at the counter and Lou stands off to the side, watching me over the top of the register. “I wish I could help,” he says, “but I don’t understand relationships. Since my wife Dorothy’s death ten years ago, I’ve never dated again. It’s different today. Not like in the old days.”

I sit hunched over on the leather stool. “Relationships are still complicated,” I say. “Doesn’t matter the day.”

“True. But people are different,” he says.

I look up at the sound of a door opening and closing in the back room and Steve’s shadow sliding across the linoleum floor.

I whirl around to meet Steve’s gaze. He is dressed, wrapped from head to foot in his coat and scarf.

“I’ve got to go,” he says, tapping me on the leg as he passes me.

I jump off the stool. “Wait.”

He stops.

Lou grumbles behind me as he wipes the counter, watching us.

I stare at the back of Steve’s head.

He turns and says, “I’ll call you.”

An incoming call on my cell phone interrupts us.

I hold up a finger as if to say Hold on.

I dig my iPhone out of my back pocket and stare at the screen: It’s Chief Barton.

I look up at Steve. “I’ve got to get this.”

Steve nods, and turns to go, leaving me standing alone in the diner with Lou.

“Hello?” I say.

“We’ve got another body.”

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