Outside Lanes (Miami Jones Private Investigator Mystery Book 18) by Stewart A.J
Author:Stewart, A.J.
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Jacaranda Drive
Published: 2024-08-02T00:00:00+00:00
CHAPTER TWENTY
I spent the evening at Longboard Kellyâs with Danielle. We ate chicken Caesar salads and watched swimming. The sun fell but the humidity didnât, and my shirt clung to my back.
âNot there again?â said Muriel from across the bar.
âI am but a phone call away. Trying to do the coach a favor by not reminding Greg about whatâs going on.â
Max Partensiâs commentary had a different ring in my ears after meeting him. He was exuberant and loud. He screamed a lot. In college, I would have hated him, but I had an unnerving suspicion that he would have been a good teammate. For all their faultsâand there were manyâthose big-man-on-campus types had a way of galvanizing a team. He spoke positively of every swimmer, even those who were hitting the wall dead last.
âOrna Tetweiler called,â said Danielle. âSheâd like to come and do her final inspection the day after tomorrow.â
âOkay.â
âYou finish reading the stuff?â
âIâve been through Lizzyâs file more times than I can count. If thereâs something more I need to know about being a foster parent, it isnât in the literature.â
âItâs not the SATs, MJ. Donât worry.â
âIâm not worried.â
I was petrified.
âYou going to the arena tomorrow?â she asked.
âNot first thing. Iâm going down to Miami.â
âOh?â
âLizzy came up with someone I should speak with.â
After leaving Detective Faust at Gun Club Road, I had stopped by my office. Lizzy handed me a piece of paper with a name on it.
âHayden Malkovich? Who is he when heâs at home?â
Lizzy said, âI ran through all the teammates and others connected to Forrest Simpson. Hayden Malkovich was part of the Stanford collegiate squad when Forrest first moved over from the University of California.â
âWas he at the Games?â
âNo. He never made it. He was NCAA-ranked, but that was as far as he went. I thought because he wasnât at the trials, he might be willing to talk with you, tell you something useful.â
âIf heâs not at the trials, where is he?â
âUniversity of Miami. Heâs now a coach there.â
âYou donât say.â
âI do say.â
âItâs a long way to go for a chat with someone who barely crossed paths with him.â
âIf you donât want my help, just say so. I could be playing solitaire on my computer.â
I had disappointed her, and that was a problem. Whenever I messed up, I never knew how to make it better with her. Doing as she suggested and driving down to Miami would help, but I sincerely hoped an iced coffee with whipped cream in the morning would have the same effect.
It was later that night when I showed Danielle the screenshot of Forrestâs diary page, hoping that the name clicked and Lizzyâs find would become a mission for us both. Although I had more or less promised Detective Faust to not show it to anyone, I figured Danielle was a safe bet since she was also law enforcement, and Muriel was safe because she was a bartender and leaned over the bar whether I liked it or not.
Danielle spotted the line.
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