Blunt Darts by Healy Jeremiah

Author:Healy, Jeremiah [Healy, Jeremiah]
Language: deu
Format: epub
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

I drove back to the apartment house and double-parked out front. I took the steps two at a time, and just caught the tail end of a dial tone noise as I opened apartment door. Someone’s time for a message ad just run out. I waited until I heard the machine Urn off with a click, then rewound the tape to payback. There were two messages. The first was from Val:

“John, I’ve arranged to have us meet Kim at two o’clock at the Sturdevants’. You’ll never find it without me, and anyway I don’t think Mrs. Sturdevant would talk to you without me there. I don’t know how much time I have left—I hate these machines—so pick me up at one-thirty here. I mean here at my house. Remember, 17 Ford...“

One admirable thing about the tape. It cuts everyone off equally. The second message, after two hangups, was too concise to be affected by the machine’s tolerance for talking.

“I regret to report there has been no progress at this end, Mr. Pembroke. You need not contact me.”

I thought of Nancy DeMarco and wished that someone would make some progress toward finding Stephen.

Apparently, however, I thought and wished too long. By the time I got back downstairs, an orange parking violation card fluttered between my windshield and wiper. I put it in my pocket, stopped at a steak house on the way to Meade, and picked Valerie up at 1:35.

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