Murder in the Boughs by Jamie Sedgwick

Author:Jamie Sedgwick [Sedgwick, Jamie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Mystery, Fantasy, Noir-Contemporary
ISBN: 1466491221
Publisher: Timber Hill Press
Published: 2011-11-12T00:00:00+00:00

I left half an hour later with an armload of papers that could have gotten me tossed in prison for about ten lifetimes. I asked Tas if he could call me a taxi on my way out. “A taxi?” he said. “Why not just borrow my ride?”

“No, that’s okay. I’ve got my Blazer at home-”

“Don’t be ridiculous. Come with me.” He led me out front and pressed a button on his keychain. All six garage doors opened at once. “Take your pick.”

“Seriously?” I said. “I don’t know Tas, I wouldn’t want to hurt one of your cars.” I glanced at them. He had three or four cars in each garage, everything a person could want. Ferrari, Rolls Royce, Corvette…

“Don’t sweat it,” he said. “I’m insured. Come here, you’ll like this one.”

He led me to the furthest stall and made a broad gesture towards a big tough-looking Hummer H1. It was olive green, like the original army paint, but this wasn’t the army paint. It was deep, lustrous, and shiny. “I don’t know,” I murmured. “It’s beautiful, but-”

“I told you, don’t worry about it. Besides, I don’t think you’ll fit in any of my other cars.” He reached up to open the door. I grinned as I imagined him trying to crawl into that beast and drive it. He gestured, and I obediently crawled into the driver’s seat.

“Well?” he said.

“It’s very nice,” I admitted.

“That’s not all… check out the fuel gauge.”

I glanced at the dash panel. “Uh, where is it?”

He broke out laughing. “There isn’t one. This thing runs on hydrogen-injected biodiesel. It gets a hundred miles per gallon. The computer will tell you when it’s low, but it’ll be a while. It’s also environmentally friendly of course, but it’s not technically legal…”

“What do you mean?”

“Well it is legal, but it’s not… I mean, it’s registered and everything. It’s cool as long as nobody looks under the hood. It won’t pass a smog test, though.”

“What? I thought you said it was environmentally friendly?”

“It is. This Hummer runs cleaner than any hybrid you can buy, and it’s got a lot more power. Problem is, the state won’t license the technology, therefore it won’t pass a smog test. Therefore, I have to get creative with the DMV computer network to keep it registered, if you know what I mean.”

I started crawling out. “Look, Tas-”

He reached up and pushed me back in. “Hank, I insist. Besides, I thought you were in a hurry.”

I grimaced. “I am.”

“Then go! Just give me a call when you’re done with it and I’ll have one of the boys pick it up.”

“Thanks, Tas.”

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