A Whiskey Sour Wipeout by Constance Barker

Author:Constance Barker [Barker, Constance]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Constance Barker
Published: 2018-11-06T06:00:00+00:00

Chapter Thirteen

My phone vibrated as I nibbled on a chicken salad slider. Some mayo had oozed out onto my hands, and I wiped them clean on my jeans so I could take out my cell. “Hello?”

“Ginger, it’s Guardrail. We're at the hospital and we found Dog. But you aren’t going to believe this, he was admitted as a patient.”

My mind froze. “Is he alright?”

“Yeah, I can tell he is alright because he's ornery as ever.”

The surprises just kept coming and I felt my mental balance was off, like I was leaning back too far in a chair and was almost at the tipping point. “What happened?”

“To be honest, I’m not one hundred percent sure. But he’s not going anywhere. Edith is going to stay with him, make sure he is alright. But then what should Star and me do?”

“That’s a good question. As it happens, there is one thing I was told here at the wake that keeps bothering me. A nurse here told me that Dog and his friends may have been involved in some sort of top-secret mission while over in Vietnam.”

Guardrail’s laughter was so loud it hurt me ear. It took him a few seconds to settle down and say, “Dog? Really, he is the last man I would want to handle a top-secret mission in wartime.”

“Yeah, I thought so, too. But then I remembered they were younger back then, and maybe they were perfect for something like that working out of the motor pool. You know, not on the front lines but there and free to spy, or whatever. And Dog did say there were times that when he was out with Lugnut he thought they might die. I always thought that statement was odd, but if they were spying or doing something covert...”

“I hate when you make sense only to complicate things. How the heck are we going to look into something like that?” Guardrail let out a big sigh. “I can ask Dog, I guess, since we are here with him.”

“Exactly what I was thinking. And how about his friend, Slick?” You can ask him, too.”

“His wife, or girlfriend, or whoever she was, I don’t know. We were never really introduced, but there is another woman in the room. And they were acting like love struck teenagers. Talking to Slick might be more difficult.”

The huff of air I released was amplified by the receiver. “You can ask her to leave. Let her know you need to talk in private in order to follow up on all that has happened recently.”

Guardrail groaned. “I guess. I just don’t like being so forward.”

“Wait a minute. You don’t have to. Send Edith back to Slick’s room to question him. She has no problem getting to the point, even if it ruffles a few feathers. Just send her.”

“Bingo, and Star and I will try to get the test results while she does.”

“Great! Wait, what test results?”

Guardrail chuckled. “Dog somehow managed to get Lugnut’s heart pills and Slick’s oxygen. The hospital is testing them right now.

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