Sis Boom Bah by Jane Heller

Author:Jane Heller
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781682303610
Publisher: Diversion Books
Published: 2016-04-22T04:00:00+00:00

Peter Elkin was very thorough, according to my mother. He listened to her heart, palpated her abdomen, rapped her kneecaps with that stupid little hammer, you name it. And during the examination, she quizzed him, moving down the list of questions I’d given her with the skill of a professional investigator.

“What did he say when you asked him where he was the night of the murder?” I pumped her.

“He didn’t answer that one at first,” she replied. “I had to use my feminine wiles.”

“What do you mean?”

“My womanly charms,” she explained. “I may be seventy-five, but I still have them, Deborah.”

I smiled. “Sure, you do, Mom. I was only wondering how you used them. To make Elkin talk.”

“Oh. Well, I told him that he was much too young and handsome to tie himself down so soon after his divorce.”

“Wait a second. You’re saying you got him to talk about his divorce?”

“Yes, while he was checking my lymph nodes.”

“And you got him to admit he was seeing Vicky?”

“In so many words.”

“How many words, Mom? This could be crucial.”

“He said he was seeing a nurse from the hospital. Exclusively. I assumed he was referring to Vicky.”

“A reasonable assumption. Okay, then what?”

“This is where the feminine wiles come in.”

“I’m ready.”

“I tugged on his stethoscope and said, rather coquettishly, ‘Why you’re much too young and handsome to tie yourself down so soon after your divorce, Dr. Elkin.’ ‘You think so?’ he said. ‘Absolutely,’ I said. ‘You’re one of Stuart’s most eligible bachelors now, and instead of going out and painting the town the night poor Dr. Hirshon died, I bet you were stuck at home with this nurse of yours.’ I tsked-tsked, to register my disapproval.”

“What did he say to that?”

“He said I was right—he was home with her the night Dr. Hirshon was murdered. That’s what you wanted to know, wasn’t it, dear? Whether or not he would confirm Vicky’s alibi?”

I nodded. Apparently, my mother, the mediator, was just as capable of being my mother, the Mata Hari.

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