Miss Vee and the terrible trailer park by Delilah Knight

Author:Delilah Knight
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Corvid Moon Publishing
Published: 2020-12-04T00:00:00+00:00

BY THE TIME THE OPP showed up at Carl’s door we felt a bit better. We’d be fine as long as we didn’t look at each other. Luci and I nodded at Carl, and he opened the door.

“Hi, officers. What can I do you for?”

The officer I could see nodded back. He was middling aged, a bit out of shape for chasing anybody, and had frizzy, graying hair like a poodle. I decided I liked him.

“There’s been a break-in, possibly two. Miss Fox says her friends are here.” He peered around Carl and caught my eye, so I smiled.

Carl stepped back to let them in, glancing quickly at me. I held my hand out to the pleasant looking OPP officer.

The younger man was short but trim, evidence of a heavy workout routine straining his shirt sleeves and showing in the way he held himself. You could see the difference between gym muscles and hard work muscles in the way a man stood or moved.

The young cop introduced them, he was Officer Phelps and the pleasant looking one was Officer White. Although that was amusing, I held my face still. A white man with white hair named White... how unimaginative.

Phelps leaned back against the sink, watching us while White sat across from me at the table. He shook my hand and nodded at Luci.

Pulling out a tidy pad of paper, Phelps glanced over the top page before speaking to us. Very professional, I thought.

“Which of you owns the blue walker?”

“I do, why?” I glanced at Luci and she shrugged.

“We found it in the owner’s office, why was it there?”

I shrugged, “I must have left it behind last time I was there. I don’t need it all the time, you know.”

He jotted that down. “When was the last time you were there?”

“Earlier today. I went to ask him something.”

“And when was that?”

“Oh, an hour ago?” Carl nodded.

“How was the office when you got there?” From the corner of my eye, I saw Lucia stiffen.

“Empty, I wanted to leave a note for him, for Harvey, to come talk to me but there was nothing on his desk and then Carl saw us and brought us back here.” I was very proud of myself for answering so clearly. They would never know I was stoned.

Was I talking out loud?

Do you get stoned on cocaine?

Or is it high?

“Miss Lilley?” I jerked my head up. Who was talking to me?

The nice cop caught my eye. He knew! I was going to jail.

“Miss Lilly, what’s on your lap that you keep checking?”

“It’s my dog. He ate a whole bag of cookies and now he feels ill.” The cops exchanged a glance.

“Your dog?” The nice one was looking at me funny.

“Carl, could you get me a towel or blanket for Victor, I don’t want to put him on your table.”

Carl smiled and leaned over to snag a towel off of the kitchen counter.

I folded it one-handed, okay, not so much folded as puddled, I guess. I then lifted Victor gently and poured him onto the table.

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