Misdemeanor Man by Dylan Schaffer

Author:Dylan Schaffer
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781596919044
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Published: 2019-11-24T00:00:00+00:00

Terry and Maeve pass Mick as he threads his way through the jammed bar toward the door. Both sit down and start picking at the scant remains on my plate. My dad perks up whenever he sees Maeve and her abundant bust. She does her part for the demented, smiling at him and leaning slightly forward.

I tell them what Mick said, about a dirty cop in the Dunn case. I doubt it will help, but at least now I will have something to make Silvie miserable. I'll file a Pitchess motion, which asks the court to reveal the contents of Hong's personnel file. The documents are usually confidential, but if there is relevant impeachment material—say, evidence he planted evidence or suborned perjury by a witness—I'll be entitled to use it against him at trial.

After a while Ferdy and S. leave.

"Did you talk to Ted?" I say.

"Why?" Terry says, nervously. "What happened?"

"I don't know. That's why I asked if you talked to him."

"I talked to him," Maeve says, coming back to us after a few minutes ogling the after-work, XX chromosome crowd.

"And?"

"And nothing. There's no and."

"What about Barry?" Terry says hungrily.

"Barry who?" she says, but her smile means we're on. Terry and I slam hands above the table. Then Preet walks up and squeezes into our booth.

"I might have something interesting for you," Preet says. "You remember Foghorn Trading?"

"Ferdy just told me some supposed source of his told him a Foghorn Management company is overpaying for real estate in West Santa Rita."

"He's quite a sleuth, your grandfather," Preet says, handing me a crumpled section of the day's Santa Rita Journal. It contains a short article laying out the information Ferdy detailed minutes earlier.

"Unclear whether it's the same company. But Foghorn Management is definitely a subsidiary of Santa Rita Mutual. Bartholomew Setz, Jr., is the president."

"Where is all this coming from?" Terry asks.

Preet stands, waves off the question, and heads for the restroom.

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