Silver Light by J.R. Rain & Matthew S. Cox

Author:J.R. Rain & Matthew S. Cox [Rain, J.R.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781948099240
Publisher: Curiosity Quills Press
Published: 2017-10-24T16:00:00+00:00

y phone goes off, startling everyone. I’m about to ignore it when I notice the caller ID. Restricted. Definitely Serrano.

“Sorry. It’s the police. I have to.” I hurry out into the hall before answering. “Paolo…”

“What happened over there, Alex?”

He sounds worried. Good. Not accusatory. I give him a more-or-less true explanation of what happened. “… kinda freaky how he landed perfectly on that syringe.”

“Yeah. Kinda convenient.” He sighs. “You know these things called testimony and plea bargains help out, right?”

I roll my eyes. “If you ask me, the man got off easy. Straight potassium chloride hurts like a son of a bitch, and he was going to do that to a little girl. Don’t worry about not being able to cut a deal with him. I have a lead already. The palooka mentioned a guy by the name of Vernon Baker before he tripped. That guy with the needle was no one important, just a torpedo.”

Paolo chuckles. “I know the name. It comes up during a lot of my cases. These dealers go to him when they need collections. You’re really into that whole PI shtick, aren’t you? You talk like an old gangster movie.”

“Heh. Maybe I do,” I say. “Don’t worry about Baker. I’m handling it.”

“Dammit.” Paolo catches himself and lowers his near-shout to a whispery mumble. “You can’t simply arrange accidents for everyone who breaks the law. That’s not how ‘low key’ works. People with secrets shouldn’t be drawing attention.”

“I know, Dad.” I wink at nothing. “I’m not planning on taking him for a ride. I’ll try to get you enough evidence to do things the legal way, though I may give him a bit of an anointing.”

“What?’

Drat. The language one grows up with lives in a reflexive place. “A bruise or three if he gets out of line.”

“Don’t do anything careless,” says Paolo.

“I won’t. Look, hey, since I’ve got you on the phone… Can you post a uniform in her room? At least until we know why someone threw ten thousand clams at killing a child?”

“You’re doing that on purpose now.”

I pause a second. “What?”

“Talking old-timey.”

“Oh, maybe I am, ya big lug.” I chuckle. “So, how ‘bout it huh? Think you can get someone to keep an eye on her?”

Serrano’s keyboard clicks in the background. “Yeah I think so. You lookin’ at Troy for that attempt on the girl?”

“Unless Hannah’s deeply indebted to some second-grade crime boss for illicit cupcake sales, I’m thinking it’s Troy.”

“I hope you can prove it.”

A sinister smile spreads across my face. “I don’t have to prove anything if they decide to confess because I’ve convinced them it’s the noble thing to do.”

“If they come in here black and purple…”

“Nothing of the sort, detective,” I say, all innocence. “Nothing of the sort.”

He grumbles something unintelligible before clearing his throat. “All right. Be safe.”

“Will do, and thanks.”

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