Slow Falling (The Bill Travis Mysteries Book 6) by George Wier

Author:George Wier [Wier, George]
Language: eng
Format: azw3
Publisher: Flagstone Books
Published: 2014-01-14T05:00:00+00:00

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“He did what?” I asked Sheriff Dupree.

“You heard me. Missouri Keithly began speaking another language. It happened right in the middle of his conversation early this morning at the Star Of Texas Cafe, and while Jill was taking his order.”

“What language?” I asked.

“It sounded like Spanish, but no Spanish anyone around here has ever heard. Nellie reports that Jill said: 'Come again?' and the fellow answers her in a stream of gibberish as if it were the most natural thing in the world. Nellie overheard it all and came over and tried to get Keithley to make sense, but that wasn't about to happen. There was another patron there at the time: Oscar Guttierez. Oscar speaks fluent Spanish.”

“What was his take on it?” I asked, and noticed I had drunk every bit of my coffee. I sat the empty cup on the edge of Sheriff Dupree's desk, where he adroitly ignored it.

“Oscar said that he was speaking some form of Spanish that hasn't been spoken in a long time. Like it was mingled with a little Italian and maybe a little Portuguese and a little something else he'd never heard of. Oscar went to school up in Boston, and while he may seem like a simple rancher, the guy has much higher than your average intelligence.”

“It sounds like,” I said. “I'd like to talk to him, but I don't think we have time.”

At that moment the door opened behind me and Hank Sterling walked into the room.

“Bill,” he said. “We've gotta go. I think I know the direction Hague took Keithley.”

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