File Under Dead by Zubro Mark Richard

Author:Zubro, Mark Richard [Zubro, Mark Richard]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9780312280970
Goodreads: 574214
Publisher: Minotaur Books
Published: 2004-07-31T14:00:00+00:00

16

As soon as I arrived, I called the answering service. I had twenty-two messages. Most were kindly friends inquiring if I was okay. A few were reporters. One call was from Billy Karek. The answering service woman said, “He begged and pleaded with me to have you call him as soon as you got in, no matter how late, but he wouldn’t say what it was about.” I wondered if Truby had gotten through to him.

I was tired and out of sorts. In the quiet, high above the city in Scott’s penthouse, the clamor of the day seeped into my consciousness. I put off the call. I read most of the early edition of the Sunday paper while I had some ice cream and an ocean of chocolate sauce. I’d have to work out an extra hour tomorrow.

Scott called from the West Coast just after I finished reading the QT column in the paper. He was loving and understanding. After I started talking, the words began to tumble out. I included more of the gruesome details than I’d told anybody else. He listened attentively as my reason began to catch up with my emotions.

Scott again asked if I wanted him to come back as soon as he could get a flight. It was silly for him to miss a start for this. The team wasn’t scheduled to be back until after a night game on the Coast on Monday. I told him it wasn’t necessary for him to come back.

When I mentioned Karek, Scott said, “My agent got a call from a friend of Karek’s. He asked me to try and convince you to talk to him.”

“I already want to talk to him.”

“My agent begged me to convince you. I guess he and this friend are pretty close.”

“I wonder what the urgency is on his part.”

“I don’t know. Obviously Karek is pulling out any stop he can think of to get you to call. It’s gotta be something important.”

“You’d think. I’m not so worried about him. I’m far more concerned about the kids who use the clinic. I’d hate to see them lose such a valuable resource. Whether from financial malfeasance or parental fears, the place is in trouble.”

Scott said, “Any parent would go nuts if their kid was involved, no matter how peripherally, in a murder investigation. The kids didn’t see anything last night?”

“They claim they didn’t see anybody. Larry might have been there last. I can picture Jan sneaking back to catch a glimpse of Larry making love.”

Scott asked, “Are you sure Larry’s not trying to implicate anyone he can? The cops might not know about what those kids were up to, but you do. You need to check into all of them. You need to talk to Larry’s boyfriend even if nobody else does. You’ve got to be sure you have all the facts.”

He was right. I had a fleeting worry that the teenagers might start distrusting me if I asked them tough questions. That was absurd. This was a murder investigation.

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