Shares by A. W. Gray

Author:A. W. Gray
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Blackstone Audio
Published: 2014-06-23T19:19:59+00:00

Both Darla Bern and Gerald Hodge furnished Los Angeles addresses, which Wilson thought quite a coincidence, two L.A. people getting acquainted in a motel in Dallas, Texas. Sing pointed out that, since there were twenty million people living in the Los Angeles basin, the odds of two strangers being from that area were only a little better than ten to one, the U.S. population being 250 mil or so. Each of the interviewees asked if they were free to travel home, Hodge to take a dancing gig, Bern because she had a chance to audition for a speaking part in a movie. The agents made a show of thinking that one over; the truth was, since neither Darla nor Gerald were charged with anything, they could go wherever the hell they pleased. Both provided L.A. phone numbers, Gerald balking until the agents assured him they wouldn’t give the number to the broad. Then the agents left the motel, returning to the office a little before four.

The pair then collaborated on a report which they attached to the Request for Interview form. They pointed out that Darla Bern had an ironclad alibi for her whereabouts on the night in question, and that the man furnishing the alibi was barely acquainted with Darla and therefore had no reason to lie. Furthermore, Interviewee Bern had indicated that not only was she not involved in the kidnapping, she wasn’t even aware it had taken place. Suspect Frank White, in fact, had attempted to recruit Miss Bern for an operation which she suspected to be illegal, and she had turned him down flat before he could give her the details. The agents omitted any mention of Howard Molly in the report because they considered the Theater Center Director’s absence insignificant. Los Angeles addresses and phone numbers for the interviewees were included as a footnote.

Sing signed off on the form as lead investigator, and gave the form to Wilson for transmission to Agent Turner at the kidnap victim’s family home, via courier. Wilson carried the form and attached report to his own cubbyhole, stared for a few moments at his view of the alley behind the West End Marketplace Cinema 10, and pictured Agent Sing’s view of the shiny ball atop Reunion Tower with Dallas’s majestic skyline stretching out to the east. Then he sat at his scarred government-issue desk and set the form aside as he prepared his report to the agent-in-charge. He pointed out each shortcoming he’d noted in Sing’s behavior during the day, carefully omitting the expense-account lunch which the agents had shared in the West End. When he’d completed the report, Wilson checked his watch, then picked up the phone and punched in a number he’d committed to memory only that day. In the middle of the third ring a click sounded, and a soft female voice said, “Dallas Theater Center.”

Wilson cleared his throat. “Yes, Agent Wilson, FBI.” He paused. “You remember me?”

“You’re the other one. Not the oriental guy.”

“Right, the other one.

Download

Copyright Disclaimer:
This site does not store any files on its server. We only index and link to content provided by other sites. Please contact the content providers to delete copyright contents if any and email us, we'll remove relevant links or contents immediately.