Mystery: The Frank & Ernest Box Set - Mystery and Suspense Novels (The Frank & Ernest Files, Mystery, Thriller, Suspense Book 6) by Archer David

Author:Archer, David [Archer, David]
Language: eng
Format: azw3, epub
Published: 2015-09-09T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 7

To his agency’s surprise and delight, Bill Payne had been named Regional Adman of the Year at the awards banquet. For the firm’s senior partner, Zeke Blumenthal, nothing would do but for the team to adjourn as soon as possible to the Civic Center’s private party room that had been reserved for the winner.

“Everybody’s glass filled?” Blumenthal beamed as he hoisted his own full flute and cleared his throat to speak.

“Ladies and gentlemen, I give you the Adman of the Year. True, it’s only a regional award, but I’d like to see some New York hot-shot do any better than our man Bill Payne. To Bill!”

“To Bill,” most of the guests echoed as they toasted and drank.”

“Let’s get some more bubbly in those glasses,” Blumenthal insisted. “Surely I’m not the only one who—”

“Oh, Sweet mother of God!” Martha Payne screamed. “I’m losing my mind!” She had understood and heeded the doctor’s warning not to mix the antidepressants he had prescribed for her with alcohol, and, up to this point, she had kept the warning in mind. While everyone else around her was enjoying a fine merlot with their beef Wellington, she had wisely stayed with ice water. Then, at the zenith of her husband’s glory, she forgot herself and raised a glass of champagne along with the others. The effect was almost instantaneous.

In a flash, Blumenthal was on the house phone, while Bill Payne tried to calm his wife.

“Get someone over here, right away!” he barked into the phone. “We have a situation—a very serious situation. I think we’ll need an ambulance.”

“Where the fuck is Arlene?” the head concierge raged. “Just when we need her the most, she craps out on us!” The P.A. system had already asked Arlene Gomez to report to the concierge desk several times.

“Why don’t we try Mr. Ellsworth?” one of the assistants suggested. “He’ll probably know what to do.” Sad to say, there was no finding Howard Ellsworth either.

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