Body on Pine by DeMarco Joseph R. G

Author:DeMarco, Joseph R. G.
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: crime, murder, mystery, gay, murder mystery, queer, homosexual, police, novel, detective, domestic violence, philadelphia, gay detective
Publisher: Lethe Press

Chapter 20

I woke with a start to the muffled sound of my cell phone. Jumping out of bed I scrambled to figure out where I’d left it when I got back from the Best Buns Contest the night before. Then I remembered it was still in my pants pocket. My jeans lay in a heap on the floor where I’d stepped out of them. “Fontana.” I headed back to the bed and sat down. It was still warm and inviting.

“Marco, sounds like I woke you up.” Detective Shim sounded all too alert and raring to go. Gave me a headache.

“You did. Late night.” I yawned. My bedside clock read 7 AM which meant I’d gotten four hours sleep. No surprise I felt woozy. Of course, Shim was perky, he was so straight-laced he’d probably gotten eight hours sleep. I decided to try and disrupt his schedule one of these nights.

“The business you’re in, I can imagine.” Shim laughed. “Must be tough.”

“Yeah, looking at bare male asses all night can get pretty rough. But…”

“Oh… uh… I was just…” Shim stumbled over his words, obviously thrown off by the mention of bare asses.

“You think it’s easy scrutinizing men’s asses all night?”

“Uh…” He cleared his throat. “I… uh… wanted to uh… I have the autopsy reports,” he said, effectively cutting off talk of the buns contest. “You can look at them if you want. There’s nothing you don’t already know.”

“I’d like to take a look anyway,” I answered. “Not that I don’t trust you, Dae. I’m a hands on kinda guy. I like seeing things for myself.”

“Be my guest. Call when you want to set it up. I should—”

“Got a question for you. Maybe you can save me some work.”

“How’s that?”

“I’m following every lead I can think of on Brad’s case. You know, the one you guys placed on a back burner?”

“Hey, listen. We did no such—”

“Let’s not argue the point. Maybe you can help.”

“Shoot. If it’s one of those ‘no go’ areas, don’t expect much.”

“You remember Emily told us Brad had been on a jury recently?”

“She said he was upset about it interfering with his work.”

“Right. Any hints on the easiest way to get my hands on trial information, like transcripts? Assuming I can guess which trial.” I had my own contacts, but I wanted to see how helpful Shim was willing to be. Besides, he might know some shortcuts.

“For criminal proceedings you go to the Criminal Justice Center. They’ve got some stuff on the web, but don’t expect much.”

“Been there. I’d have to know exactly what I was looking for on that site and I don’t. Got any contacts at Criminal Justice?”

“Can’t think of any… haven’t had that much time on the force and haven’t bumped up against the court system much yet. Haven’t had time to develop contacts.”

“Nose around a little… you never know what you’ll come up with,” I said. “I guess I’ll just have to do it the old fashioned way. Bribes and threats.”

He didn’t respond but I could hear his breathing quicken.

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