The Figure Fans by P. C. Hatter & Stacy Bender

Author:P. C. Hatter & Stacy Bender [Hatter, P. C. & Bender, Stacy]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: anthropomorphic, anthropomorphic fiction, Detective, furry, Mystery, pulp
Amazon: B08KHGDTM1
Publisher: Byrnas Books
Published: 2021-01-03T05:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 7

By the time I left the townhouse, dawn hadn’t yet arrived. I took a cab to the hotel Velvet had arranged and thought I’d just take a nap. I ended up sleeping the day away and awoke as the sun was going down.

I also found the note Velvet had written and pinned to my hat calling me a stinker. That and dinner was a six at our favorite restaurant. The lynx was always one step ahead of me. She’d also made sure we had everything we needed for hiding out. I was able to shower, brush, and put on a clean set of clothes.

When I called Saskia Wallander’s office, I was told the ocelot was in Washington for several days, and the receptionist said she’d tell her I called.

I no sooner set down the phone when it rang. The cabbie from the night before was on the other end. Luckily, the armadillo identified himself because I’d completely forgotten about the incident.

“Where’d she go?” I asked.

“It’s a little complicated. The panther flagged me down, and I took her over to public parking. The five-story one over on Eighth and Forty-Sixth. After she hopped out and ran into the place, I cruised around to the exit and waited. She came out in a brand-new Chevy sedan, light blue, and headed down Seventh and turned right on the block where there’s an entrance to the southbound West Side Highway. The only reason I didn’t follow was that a passenger climbed into my cab, and I couldn’t. Sorry.”

“Were you able to get the plate number?”

“No, but I did spot a small dent in the fender.”

“Thanks.” I looked around for a pen and paper and asked, “Where should I send the check?”

“No worries. It was fun.”

I thanked him again and put the handset back in its cradle.

The fur on my back raised as more questions flooded my mind. Why bed down in a dump if she owned a new car? As for the parking lot, that particular one had the public entrance on one side and the car exit on the other. A perfect place to lose a tail. What was Rachel playing at?

It took me five minutes by the time I hit the sidewalk to grab a cab that would take me back to the hotel Rachel was staying at. A different person sat at the desk. The rat objected to me going up without being announced, but after a short but intense staring contest, he agreed to stay put and say nothing.

When I got to the room, I didn’t bother knocking. A male’s voice bellowed in anger while a female’s spit out a stream of obscenities that would make a river rat blush. I only needed to hear the sound of fist on flesh to barge through the door.

The cougar was sprawled on the floor with her hand raised to her cheek. The bison showed signs of having a career in the ring, but I didn’t need to see the scars on his face and creeping paunch to figure out he’d lost too many fights.

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