A Mutual Friend by Layla Wolfe

Author:Layla Wolfe [Wolfe, Layla]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Quicksilver Books
Published: 2019-02-08T00:00:00+00:00

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hat time today did this guy get shot?” asked Anton.

Lily Silverberry and the neo-Nazi Flannery shifted uncomfortably in their chairs. Twinkletoes, too, gave side-eye to a potted plant.

We were having dinner at The Pour House, the brewpub down by the water, eating out on the deck to keep an eye on the front door of the Nichols Building. We were trying to put two and two together regarding the seemingly haphazard murder of Ambrose Smart, not far on the other side of the bridge. He’d been helping his wife and teenaged son take groceries in from their SUV when, according to a Bent Zealots mole in the PD, some rando had driven by and shot twice at him with a .22—the same caliber as the pistol Flannery had taken back from Barclay.

“We, uh,” said Flannery.

Twinkletoes took a deep breath. “One ten. And the last time anyone definitively saw Barclay was twelve-thirty.”

“But he doesn’t have a car to do a drive-by,” I pointed out, accepting a beer from the server. I was done with hard alcohol. Smoking Magic Bus cannabis was really helping my back.

Twinkletoes said, “Well, the report didn’t say fired from a vehicle. The wife and kid were more concerned with the one bullet that hit Ambrose in the heart, so they didn’t get a look at the shooter. Yeah yeah, I know. We let Barclay out. It happened on our watch.”

“We’re not sure it even was Barclay who shot the guy,” Flannery pointed out.

Something occurred to me. “This isn’t even Barclay’s MO. Right, Anton? He craves blood. Why would he shoot someone and then just take off?”

Anton said, “You’ve probably heard of a criminal escalating. Killing animals is often an intermediate step. He could’ve been practicing, so to speak. We need to stay in touch with Turk’s police informant, keep on top of stuff like this.”

I looked at Flannery. “How did you let him get away? There were three of you.”

“I was in the bathroom,” Twinkletoes immediately offered. “Don’t order the tamales to go here.”

Lily blurted out, “I was sucking Flannery’s cock, all right? I mean, shit! We’re only human. Chąą’!” Shit!

Flannery recoiled from her, wrapping his arms protectively around his beer glass. “You were not!”

Lily glared at him. “I’m not covering for you anymore, Flannery! You begged me to suck your dick and shoved my face into your crotch.”

“They probably were,” said Twinkletoes cheerfully. “When I got out of the can, I yelled around for anyone. They stumbled out of Flannery’s room all adjusting their clothes. And Lily’s lipstick was all over her face.”

“Was not!” Lily lied, wiping her mouth with a paper napkin.

Flannery adroitly changed the subject. “What about you guys? You were supposed to be at the loony bin seeing if they could take Barclay back.”

Lily pouted. “You’ve got to come out of the closet sometime, Flannery.”

I said, “I fucking admit, we were at a sex toy shop. We’re all falling down on the job around here. You’re not the only one. But we did make it to Mencken.

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