The Busy Body by Donald E. Westlake

Author:Donald E. Westlake
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: MysteriousPress.com/Open Road

13

There was another note from Dolly, printed with lipstick on another résumé and attached with another false fingernail:

Honey?

Where are you?

Dont you want to see me?

Don’t you remember?

DOLLY

Engel remembered. He looked at the note sadly, shook his head, took it down from the door, and went into the apartment. He made himself a Scotch and water without the water, sat down by the telephone, and started making his calls.

First to Archie Freihofer, who ran the girl part of the organization. When he got hold of Archie, Engel identified himself and said, “I want to see Charlie Brady’s wife.”

“What, Bobbi?”

“That’s it. Bobbi.”

“Al, I’m sorry. We decided, all things considered, the little lady oughta have a few days to herself before she comes back on active duty. It’ll be the first of the week before she starts to work, and then to be truthful with you there’s a waiting list as long as your arm. A lot of the boys have chosen to decide, it seems to me, to make a really beautiful gesture of affection and respect for Charlie Brody and at the same time see to it a little extra cash against emergencies goes into the little lady’s stocking.”

There was no interrupting Archie once he got talking. The only thing to do was wait till he decided to stop again, even if only to take a breath. At this point, spying a little bit of silence coming up after the word “stocking,” Engel quickly threw some words of his own into the breach, saying, “No, Archie, that isn’t what I want. I’m talking about business.”

“So what have I been talking about, a game Scrabble?”

“I want to talk to Mrs. Brody,” Engel said.

Archie said, “Al, she’s using her professional name again. Bobbi Bounds.”

“Whatever name she’s using, I want to talk to her. Official business. You can check with Nick Rovito.”

“Check? I take your word for it, what do you think? You want to go see her, or you want her to come see you?”

“I’ll go see her. Is she living at the same place where she lived with Brody?”

“No, she’s moved in with a couple other girls, you know how they are they like to be with friends that understand the situation, you know?”

“What about the apartment?”

“The old one? Charlie’s? I wouldn’t know.”

“Give me her phone number, Archie. Maybe we can save time, I can meet her at the old apartment.”

“Hang on, I’ll look it up.”

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