A Bleak Prospect by Wayne Zurl

Author:Wayne Zurl [Zurl, Wayne]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 978-1-68046-634-8
Publisher: Melange Books, LLC

Perry Chalmers was an oily specimen in a three-thousand-dollar suit. His offices looked like the interior of the Governor’s Palace at Colonial Williamsburg.

Farris Tingle had yet to collect anything from either Ryan Leary or Blount County in his pending brutality suit settlement. He didn’t come even remotely close to having spent one percent of Chalmers’ worth on the hoof for his wardrobe of faded blue jeans and a long-sleeved T-shirt.

Chalmers’ tongue and groove paneled office was large enough to hold a desk upon which a talented pilot could land a Chinook helicopter. Then you could toss in two walls of built-in bookcases, full of leather bound volumes, and still have space for a conference area with two leather covered sofas. Add to the picture four wing-back chairs and a four foot square cocktail table with Queen Anne legs and you might infer I was impressed by the furnishings.

Bonnie and Ralph sat on one couch. I used a chair on the north end of an antique Persian rug, while Chalmers and Tingle perched on chairs to the south.

“You people hope to learn something more about the contents of the bag Farris removed from Mr. Leary’s vehicle?” Chalmers asked.

He was careful not to say that Farris took, grabbed or stole the bag.

I nodded. “We do. And we’ll be giving you information explaining why we need to go over that inventory in great detail that must remain one-hundred-percent confidential. Just to put your mind at ease, nothing we learn from Farris at this point would have any negative impact on his civil case against Leary.”

Furrows appeared on Chalmers’ forehead. He looked intrigued, but sat patiently, nodding very slightly.

“Special Agent Rowatt is an attorney herself, and she’ll be asking you both to agree to some very specific stipulations. You will be the only people given these facts, so once you agree, you, of course, understand that should this information leak to the press or be divulged to anyone else, you or your client could be charged with lying to a Federal officer. And since we will be pursuing a secondary criminal case having nothing to do with Mr. Tingle, hindering prosecution and other counts to be determined later. If you wish to proceed, I’ll pass the torch to Agent Rowatt.”

Chalmers’ frown intensified. Tingle sat in the horribly expensive leather covered chair showing no more intelligence than a piece of shelf fungus.

“Ms. Piper has agreed to grant Mr. Tingle immunity on any issues that might come to light during this conversation,” Chalmers said. “Are you aware of that, and do you agree to that stipulation?”

“I certainly do,” I said and extended a hand toward my Federal colleagues.

“I speak for the FBI,” Ralph said. “Mr. Tingle doesn’t contest stealing the duffle bag. We doubt anything he could say would place him in any further jeopardy.”

Chalmers’ face relaxed. “Then we agree. What do you have to say, Ms. Rowatt?”

Bonnie straightened up a smidge, crossed her right leg over the left and ended up showing about three inches of thigh below her maroon skirt.

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