Return of the High Fae by Tom Keller

Author:Tom Keller [Keller, Tom]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Science Fiction & Fantasy, Fantasy, Paranormal & Urban, Science Fiction, Adventure
Amazon: B008H8I6LC
Publisher: Tom Keller
Published: 2012-07-03T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter 15

Like I said, new found Fae or not, sometimes my job is just boring. I spent the next couple of days just catching up on mundane work. I hadn't heard back from Siegfried but since I still had casework coming in from regular clients I stayed busy. The rest of the time I did what normal people do; went shopping, got gas and did the yard work. Even Charlie and Lucy were quiet. To be honest, it made me kind of nervous. I couldn't shake the feeling that it was just the lull before the storm. Even Bernd hadn't come around. Well, at least no one had tried to kill me in a few days. That was a good thing, right?

I had just finished mowing the lawn when my phone went off. It was an email from Mal's database. It had found something. I accessed the site from the computer in my home office. Reviewing the information I learned that someone by the name of Deborah Kent had paid a license fee to work in a brothel in late 99.

What? I had guessed that she'd be a little old for that. As I read the rest of the file I realized that it was for some type of contract employee, not a working girl.

The brothel I knew. It was named the Venus and it had closed down about 10 years ago. It had been a popular place in the 60s and 70s and had been located outside of Pahrump. Now closed, it hadn't been able to compete with the more modern places that cropped up south of town. Big money had been invested in those houses and places like the Venus had slowly faded away.

Thank God I worked with Hailey; her rolodex just might offer a name. I dialed her at the office. "Hail, it's Rob, didn't you used to know a few of the working girls in Pahrump?"

"Sure, I still have a few contacts. Why, what you got, or are you just lonely?"

"You wound me," I said as I laughed. "I had a call to return some property to a girl, that's all. Apparently she used to do some work for the Venus. I was hoping you might know where to start looking for her."

"Well, she'd have a license if she worked there."

"Maybe, but this one was apparently not a hooker."

"Well, let me check my files." There was a pause and I could hear her rummaging around on her desk. "She could have been anything. Let me see...ah, perfect! Mattie Truesdell. Mattie was a manager there before they closed down."

She gave me Mattie's number. "Once again, you owe me."

"As usual," I jested as Hailey laughed.

"You bet your ass, and one day I'm gonna collect!"

"If this helps me find her, I will, of course, give up some of my commission. Is that acceptable?"

"It's a deal!" she said as she hung up the phone. Her rolodex had come through again.

I called Ms. Truesdell next. At first she was hesitant about speaking with me.

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