Un-Dressed to Kill by Richard Deming

Author:Richard Deming [Deming, Richard]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: mystery
Publisher: Wildside Press LLC
Published: 2018-01-15T00:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER VII

Replacing the ticket in its envelope, Ross returned the envelope to the mantle and went back to the divan. Seating himself, he thoughtfully regarded the closed bedroom door.

Another five minutes passed before the door finally opened and Christine appeared. She had shed considerably more than her evening wrap. She wore a dark blue negligee of some flimsy material which showed dimly the whiteness of her body beneath it. She had left the bedroom overhead light on, and it silhouetted her lush figure. It was as though she were stark naked. He could clearly see the smooth roundness of her full hips and the tapered length of perfectly formed legs.

She stood for a few moments, smiling at him, giving him time for a thorough study of her silhouette before slowly swaying toward him on slippered feet. Sinking onto the cushion next to him, she picked up the shot glass and tossed off its contents. Without touching the water chaser, she leaned back and looked up at him with a mixture of challenge and anticipation in her eyes.

Without a word Ross rose and walked into the bedroom. There were two doors off it, one leading into a closet, the other into the bathroom. After glancing into both and finding them empty, he checked the single bedroom window. It was locked shut.

Leaving the bedroom, he circled into the kitchen and checked a small pantry he had not previously looked into. The single window there was also closed and locked.

There were two windows in the front room, one on either side of the door. When he pulled back the drapes, fie discovered both were closed and locked. Sliding home the bolt on the front door, he returned to the sofa and seated himself beside.

Christine was staring at him in astonishment. “What was all that about?”

“Just checking to make sure your husband hadn’t planted a photographer to get divorce evidence,” he said easily.

Her eyes widened. “Silly!” He’s in Kansas City.”

“Yeah,” he said laconically. “I guess I’m just over-cautious.”

She leaned forward to pick up the bourbon bottle and pour herself another shot. The movement caused her negligee to part at the top. One plump, red-tipped breast popped into view. When she raised the glass to drink, the negligee parted even farther, exposing her clear to the waist. She set down the empty glass and gave him a dreamy smile, seemingly unaware that both breasts were totally bare.

Ross contemplated her broodingly. His first thought after examining the airline ticket was that he had been led into some kind of trap. But he obviously hadn’t been. He was satisfied that no one was concealed in the cottage ready to jump him at the most defenseless moment that a man can reach. He was also satisfied that no one could break into the cottage without making enough noise to give him time to extricate himself from even the most complicated entanglement and get a gun in his hand.

It seemed that the woman’s motive in luring him to the cottage had been wholly romantic after all, and that he was being over-suspicious.

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