Two for the Dough (1996) by Evanovich Janet - Stephanie Plum 03

Author:Evanovich, Janet - Stephanie Plum 03 [03, Evanovich, Janet - Stephanie Plum]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2010-12-20T02:02:09.109000+00:00

"Not entirely."

"You want to enlarge on that?"

"I have a dead finger on my kitchen floor."

"Is the finger attached to anything? Like a hand or an arm?"

"It's just a finger. I think it belongs to George Mayer."

"You recognized it?"

"No. It's just that I know George is missing one. You see, Mrs. Mayer was goin g o n about George's lodge, and how he wanted to be buried with his ring, and so Grandma had to check the ring out, and in the process broke off one of George's f ingers. Turns out the finger was wax. Somehow Kenny got into the mortuary thi s m orning, left Spiro a note, and chopped off George's finger. And then while I was at the mall tonight with Mary Lou, Kenny threatened me in the sho e d epartment. That must have been when he put the finger in my pocket."

"Have you been drinking?"

I gave him a don't-be-stupid look and pointed to my kitchen.

Morelli moved past me and stood hands on hips, staring down at the finger on th e f loor. "You're right. It's a finger."

"When I came in tonight the phone was ringing. It was Kenny, telling me he lef t a message in my jacket pocket."

"And the message was the finger."

"Yeah."

"How did it get on the floor?"

"It sort of dropped there when I went to the bathroom to throw up."

Morelli helped himself to a paper towel and used it to pick up the finger. I gave him a plastic bag, he dropped the finger in, sealed the bag, and slippe d t he bag into his jacket pocket. He leaned against the kitchen counter an d c rossed his arms over his chest. "Let's start from the beginning."

I gave him all the details except for the part about Joyce Barnhardt. I told hi m a bout the silver-lettered note I'd received, and about the silver K on m y b edroom wall, and about the screwdriver, and about how it would seem they'd com e f rom Kenny.

He was quiet when I finished. After several seconds he asked me if I bought th e s hoes.

"Yeah," I said.

"Let's see."

I showed him the shoes.

"Very sexy," he said. "I think I'm getting excited."

I quickly put the shoes back in the box. "You have any idea what Kenny mean t w hen he said Spiro had something of his?"

"No. Do you?"

"No."

"Would you tell me if you did?"

"I might."

Morelli opened the refrigerator and stared at the shelves. "You're out of beer."

"I had to choose between food and the shoes."

"You made the right choice."

"I bet this all has to do with the stolen guns. I bet Spiro was in on it. Mayb e t hat's why Moogey got killed. Maybe Moogey found out about Spiro and Kenn y s tealing guns from the army. Or maybe all three of them did the job, and Mooge y g ot cold feet."

"You should encourage Spiro," Morelli said. "You know, go to the movies wit h h im. Let him hold your hand.

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