Lack of Jurisdiction by G K Parks

Author:G K Parks [Parks, G K]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9780989195874
Publisher: Modus Operandi
Published: 2014-11-03T22:00:00+00:00

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Rubbing my hands down my face, I leaned forward against the steering wheel, stretching my back and cursing how boring sole surveillance was. After I left the motel, I went to my office, ran complete profiles on Jason Oster and Rachel Romanski again, and checked for any known aliases that I might have missed. Of course, they both came off pretty much spotless. It was too late to call around for favors, so I flipped a coin and found myself parked outside Jason Oster’s apartment building.

He lived in a second floor corner apartment. It wasn’t too swanky. No doorman or intercom system, but it looked much nicer and better lit than a crack house. It was in a pleasant area, devoid of drug dealers and whores working the corners. Shit, it was nicer than my place, and judging from the number of windows, it was probably larger too. However, it certainly wasn’t nice enough for someone selling dirty little secrets or involved in insider trading.

Something was bothersome about the Jason/Rachel dynamic, and after two hours of sitting in deafening silence, I realized what it was. There was no reason for her to meet him at the hotel. As far as I could tell, he lived alone. He wasn’t married, and neither was she. So why the secrecy? Frankly, going to the hotel wasn’t the best way to keep whatever was going on a secret. The security guards suspected Jason was having an affair, and her ex-husband worked there. The chances for getting caught, getting fired, or worse were much greater. Perhaps they liked the danger of being discovered. Crazier things had happened, but it didn’t feel right.

Checking the time, I did some quick calculations in my head and dialed a familiar number. “I’m not leaving you a voicemail tomorrow or today, whatever day it is for you. So just accept this as your daily call.”

“Okay,” Martin replied, confused by my random bossiness.

“Why would you meet a woman at a hotel to have an affair if neither of you were married and lived alone? Let’s add the fact that her ex-husband is the night clerk and someone is bound to talk at some point.”

“Alexis, just to be clear, no one is having an affair. The only hotels I’ve checked into have been necessary for work, and unless you think Bruiser had gender reassignment surgery and has an ex-husband stashed somewhere, then I don’t have a clue what you’re talking about because he’s the only one staying in my suite.”

“Not you,” I laughed, realizing how poor my conversational skills could be, “hypothetically.”

“Well, hypothetically, the only woman I’d meet in a hotel for reasons of debauchery would be you.”

“Charmer.”

“That isn’t to say I haven’t met many women in hotels recently. For purely business purposes, I assure you.”

“Oh, so that’s what you call it. I see how it is. It’s probably because of that charming attitude of yours that has forced you to pay for sex.”

“God, you’re in a mood.” He laughed.

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