Mystery Writers of America Presents the Prosecution Rests by Inc. Mystery Writers of America

Author:Inc. Mystery Writers of America [FAIRSTEIN, LINDA]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: FIC003000
ISBN: 9780316053334
Publisher: Little, Brown and Company
Published: 2009-04-13T22:00:00+00:00

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DAD NOTICED HIS missing file cabinet the minute he walked in the door. He opened his mouth. I held up my hand.

“Say nothing,” I said. “This is a new beginning.”

He was silent for a full thirty seconds. I could see him reviewing his files with his steel trap of a mind. Perfect memory. It was only a matter of days before he was back in the saddle.

“Kitty, kitty.” I unwrapped the bundles of ahi and caviar and put them in Jaws’s dish. Jaws came running. Dad saw him, and his whole face lit up. He rummaged in a desk drawer for a well-worn flashlight, switched it on, and started twirling the beam.

Jaws hesitated. Fish or flashlight?

He snatched a mouthful of caviar and then dove into the game, speeding in an incredibly fast circle. Dad, the flashlight king, really knew how to get him going. Jaws had been mine until I went away to law school, whereupon Dad had spent three years ruining him with the flashlight.

Jaws staggered. “I’m leaving Jaws with you,” I said. “He’ll keep you company.”

Jaws barfed. Caviar. Tough to clean up with Dad’s environmental crap cleaning products.

“You can’t leave him here,” Dad said, ignoring the barf. He changed directions. Jaws fell over. “You won’t have anyone to play the flashlight game with.”

I looked long and hard at Dad, the flash-card lawyer. “I’ll always have someone to play the flashlight game with.”

“Who’s that?” Dad said.

“You, Dad. You.”

And I went into the kitchen to get a roll of recycled paper towels.

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