The Odds by Kathleen George

Author:Kathleen George [George, Kathleen]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Published: 2010-07-30T07:00:00+00:00

TWENTY-SEVEN

TUESDAY MORNING, NELLINS walked into the YMCA and took out his notebook. He’d be writing all day, that was for sure. His thick hand simply wasn’t made for pencils and pens, had never worked right, even when he was young.

“If you could just get me the list,” he called after the tall woman who was too busy to pay attention to him and was walking into an adjoining room as if on a more important matter.

Nellins had once had violent impulses, but he’d learned to curb them. He sucked in two deep breaths and walked outside. He kicked at some butts on the ground, considered this might be a good time to take up smoking again.

His phone rang, and it was the new babe on Homicide telling him she’d been trying to catch up with him. “Fingerprints, shoe prints,” she was saying.

“Yeah, well, Hrznak is on it. You’ll know when we know.”

“There were kids up at that house.”

“I know, I know.” He laughed to himself. “Kee-ripe,” he had said to Hrznak, “the wee ones did it.” But he knew not to say that to Detective Greer, who had no sense of humor.

The tigress receptionist came out the front door for him. “I’m ready now,” she said.

Who’s in charge? he wondered. It ain’t me.

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