Sleep Don't Come Easy by Victor McGlothin & J. D. Mason

Author:Victor McGlothin & J. D. Mason [McGlothin, Victor & Mason, J. D.]
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Tags: General, Anthologies (Multiple Authors), Fiction
ISBN: 9780758278654
Google: cgNcPrW3RHAC
Amazon: B009L82WSU
Publisher: Kensington Books
Published: 2012-11-06T05:00:00+00:00

Two

Tuesday morning found Vera hiding beneath the covers and dreading the cool air hawking from the other side of her handmade quilt. Whispers of fall had just rolled in and cast their mesmerizing spell over the city after another long blistering hot Texas summer. That crisp morning air reminded Vera of the first time she nestled herself in 450-count linens, on sale from Neiman’s, when 270-count standard hotel type sheets had been good enough before then. She had grown accustomed to the way quality bedding made her feel pleasantly pampered, so she wasn’t ready to give up her hiding place just yet. Instead, she lay there with the covers pulled up to her neck, while frowning back at the slender rays of sun peeking through the slits of the Venetian blinds. They didn’t mean any harm and generally didn’t cause any, so Vera said her hellos to the early coolness of the day and the sunshine’s grandeur. Then, she smiled and gave thanks to the Almighty for providing her an avenue to keep the lights on the little extras of life, like 450-count linen sheets.

Vera made some money doing what she loved, some money, although it wasn’t enough to multiply on its own. She spent most of her time figuring out ways to catch up on overdue notices while trying to keep her small investigation company afloat. Other than uncovering other people’s dirty deeds, Vera came across an occasional insurance fraud case to make the ends meet. Before she hung her own shingle, it was a ten-year hitch as a parole officer for the state. It was safe, too safe. What she truly missed was a job she’d signed on to do with a crew of bounty hunters. Albeit a very brief stint tracking dangerous bail jumpers, it almost got her killed, more than once.

With a few regrets and a lot of bad boys to fret, Vera decided to try her luck at becoming a first rate snoop. Being a private eye put food on the table and presented her with a slice of life that most folks could have only imagined. Because danger and uncertainty often traveled the same paths she walked along, Vera trained herself to be Everywoman in order to survive. She’d learned to play the cold-fish and the queen-bitch, wearing attitude on her sleeve like it was part of a uniform. Mastering her piercing stare coupled with a certain amount of gruffness in her voice, Vera managed to maneuver her way into some very important back rooms, when batting her big brown eyes didn’t get her past the front door.

While working cases for former CRUMBS, Vera learned a lot about people and their various bad habits; some of them made television crime shows play out like Mother Goose tales. Catching miscreants doing God knows what was always toughest when Vera had to settle in and videotape their indiscretions. She’d filmed men with men, women with women, men with children and too many deviants with animals to remember.

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