Adamant by E H Reinhard

Author:E H Reinhard [Reinhard, E H]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2020-04-25T22:00:00+00:00

Chapter 18

We made it to the hotel in Houston, packed up, and checked out. Disick had called just as we were getting back on the road to let us know he was in position on the side of the interstate and would call if he saw anything. Except for one quick coffee stop, I drove for three hours straight. It was around ten o’clock when we pulled up to the hotel that Tammy had booked for us—the place was just a mile from the bar. Beth took her things to her room, and I did the same with mine. She said she would meet me in the lobby in fifteen minutes.

I’d touched base with Disick and told him that we were about to head his way. As I changed into street clothes, I called Karen.

“Hey,” she answered.

“What’s up, babe.”

“Hanging with the pigs. We’re all piled on the couch. What’s going on now? Your text said that you guys left Houston and were going to Waco?”

“We just got back up here. We were here working most of today, and it looks like this is where the investigation is heading, so we shot back to Houston, packed up, and made the trip back.”

“That’s a couple hours each way, isn’t it?” she asked.

“Like three, yeah.”

“What happened in Waco?”

I ran through my day with Karen in the shortest way possible.

“So where are you starting in the morning?” she asked.

“Don’t know. But we’re not done for tonight. The agent from up here is watching the bar I mentioned. We’re going to head over there and see what he got. Maybe go inside the place and get a drink.”

“Just be careful, Hank,” she said.

“I always am.”

“No, you’re not. And watch what you’re drinking.”

“I’ll be working, babe. I don’t think we need to worry about that.”

“That’s not what I mean. And I’m not trying to be a carb cop, but you know that one tonic water will put you over your carb allowance for the day. No gin and tonics unless they have diet.”

I grumbled under my breath.

“I’m proud of you for giving this diet a shot and sticking with it,” she said.

“Mm-hmm.”

“Seriously, Hank. Look how much weight you lost already. Losing ten pounds is hard. Don’t you feel better? Cutting out all that bread and sugar and everything?”

While I did feel a little better after losing a year or two of extra weight, the bread-and-sugar comment made me think of the triple French toast sandwich from Danny’s that I’d missed out on that morning. Eating the sandwich probably would have far surpassed the pounds lost on the happiness scale.

“Not even a little,” I said. “I saw this breakfast sandwich that I damn near threw in the towel for. I can’t get the damn thing out of my head—all fluffy and greasy.”

Karen chuckled. “We’ll figure out some kind of cheat day or something for you.”

“A day isn’t going to cut it. I’ve been making a mental list of the stuff I want to eat and drink. That

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