Murder in the Charlestown Bricks_A Dermot Sparhawk Crime Novel by Tom MacDonald

Author:Tom MacDonald [MacDonald, Tom]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-01-14T05:00:00+00:00

I went to Ellie May Jeffers’s home on Hickory Street, a gray ranch house with white trim, all freshly painted. The lawn was lush and the shrubbery was landscaped. A flagstone path led from the sidewalk to the front steps. High-stakes poker must pay well in Texas. I rang the bell and waited, listening to the ticking of a sprinkler and staring at the rainbow in its spray. The inside door opened — the screen door remained shut — and standing in front of me was a blonde block of womanhood.

“Yes?” she said.

“Are you Ellie May Jeffers?”

“Who’s asking?”

“My name is Dermot Sparhawk,” I said. “You helped a friend of mine, and I wanted to say thank you.”

“What friend?”

“Skeeter Gruskowski, you went to the emergency room with him.”

“Who are you?” She stepped back. “Are you with the police?”

“I’m not with the police. I’d like to ask you a few questions about Skeeter.”

“Your accent, you’re from Boston.”

She pegged me, not that I cared.

“I know about the poker game, and I know you were the dealer,” I said. “I’m not looking for any trouble. I just want some information.”

“What information?”

“Did something happen at the game that rattled Skeeter, a fight or an argument, maybe a misunderstanding? Why did he think he was having a heart attack?”

“Nothing bad happened. As matter of fact Skeeter cleaned up, and that’s all I’m saying about the matter.”

“How did the other players react to an outsider cleaning up?” I asked. “Were they angry? Is that what shook him?”

“I already told you, that’s all I’m going to say about it. Skeeter won big, and Skeeter is doing fine. The hospital released him.”

“Did he say where he was going next?”

She said no and closed the door. At least she didn’t slam it. I stood for a moment and listened to ticks of the sprinkler and followed the flagstone path back to my car.

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