Lawyered to Death by Michael Biehl

Author:Michael Biehl
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781561646968
Publisher: Pineapple Press

“I TALKED TO the nurse who came on duty before Bonnie Bach,” said Anne Delaney. “She remembers a messenger bringing a package for Lorraine early in the afternoon.”

Karen rotated her chair to face the desk and pulled the cap off a ballpoint pen with her teeth. “Did she remember the name of the messenger service?”

“No, but she remembered the messenger had a uniform with a picture on the shirt. I got out the yellow pages but she didn’t recognize any of the logos in the ads. I called all of the services without ads and had them fax me their logos. She thinks the logo for Mercury Messenger Service is the one she saw on the guy’s shirt.”

“Annie, you are good.” Karen wound a tress of hair around her forefinger contemplatively. Damn! More gray strands than a week earlier—break out the Clairol! “Next step is to call Mercury Messenger Service and ask if they have a record of a delivery to Shoreview Memorial on June 16.”

“They have twelve locations in northeastern Illinois.”

“If you find the right place, I’d like to interview whoever took the order, in person. Put a rush on this. I’d like to get there before the cops do.”

“Might be too late for that,” said Anne. “I called housekeeping to see if we could recover the empty candy box. On Sunday, the police took the contents of the wastebasket and practically everything else in the room that wasn’t nailed down. There was probably something in there with the name of the messenger service.”

After talking to Anne, Karen got herself a cup of decaf and opened her window. The screens were so clogged with cotton-wood fibers she could barely see out. It was an overcast day, and the breeze carried a threat of rain that gave Karen gooseflesh.

The police had cleaned the place out. What might they have?

She called Lopopolo, but he was not in. It was unlikely he would tell her much while the investigation was on, anyway. Then Karen called Lorraine Winslow’s night nurse, Bonnie Bach. She answered on the ninth ring.

“I’m sorry to bother you again. I just have a couple more questions.”

“Uh-huh.”

Karen sensed she was wearing out her welcome. “You remember Mrs. Winslow’s box of Lady Coventry chocolate.”

“I’ll never forget it.”

“Did you happen to notice if there was a card with it?”

“Yes, there was.”

“Do you remember anything about the card?”

“No. It was very plain. I just remember what it said.”

Karen felt her stomach tighten. “What did it say?”

“‘All my love, Arthur.’ It was typed. Love was spelled L-U-V.”

Karen thanked Bonnie and hung up. It had started to rain, so Karen closed the window. Two notions passed through her mind. One was that if the police had that card, it looked very bad for Arthur. The other was that she didn’t see Arthur as the kind of guy who would spell love “L-U-V.”

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