Game On by Janet Evanovich
Author:Janet Evanovich
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Atria
Published: 2021-11-02T00:00:00+00:00
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I set the laundry basket on the floor beside Melvin and took the seat across from him at the dining room table.
âThere was a woman at your front door today,â I said. âShe knocked several times and left when no one answered.â
âA woman? What kind of woman?â
âYour age.â
âIâve never had a woman visit me,â Melvin said. âWas she pretty?â
âYes. In a natural kind of way.â I showed him the picture on my phone. âDo you know her?â
âShe looks familiar, but I donât think I know her. Maybe Iâve seen her around.â
âHer name is Charlotte Huck.â
He shook his head. âNope. What did she want?â
âI donât know. I didnât get to talk to her.â
âShe has nice hair,â Melvin said. âIt looks silky.â
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, I thought. And her hair did indeed look silky.
âHowâs the hack going?â I asked him.
âNot so good. Turned out to be a red herring. I only had access to a bunch of fake files and directories. Every other directory was named idiot or loser and all of the files just say âretributionâ over and over. They looked legit at first. Some of them gave me bogus financial information. Cryptocurrency accounts. If the information was real and we were inclined, we could make millions, maybe billions, in blackmail.â
âAre you inclined?â
âNo,â Melvin said. âI wouldnât know what to do with the money. I have almost everything I need.â
âWhat are you lacking?â I asked.
âA girlfriend,â he said. âIâm not good with girls. I like them but I never know what to say. And I might like to have a cat someday.â
âWe brought your teddy bear,â Lula said.
âMr. Bumbum!â Melvin said. âHeâs my best friend. I tell him everything.â
Grandma set a platter of sandwiches on the table. âWe got egg salad, ham and cheese, roast beef with horseradish, and chicken salad,â she said.
My mom set plates and napkins out. âHelp yourself,â she said. âWe have more in the kitchen.â
I took an egg salad sandwich and Morelli called.
âI got three hits on my query about murders involving tongue mutilation,â he said. âA nineteen-year-old male in North Dakota, a thirty-two-year-old male in Connecticut, and a thirty-six-year-old male in North Carolina. In each case computer equipment was missing and the crime was written off as a homicide committed during a burglary.â
âWow.â
âYeah,â Morelli said. âThat was my reaction, too. Howâs it going on your end?â
âNothing I can talk about right now, but itâs good.â
âUnderstood.â
âWhat about you?â I asked Morelli. âAre you making any progress with Stupin and the other hacker?â
âGerard Gouge,â Morelli said. âNothing I can talk about right now, but itâs going sucky.â
âUnderstood,â I said.
I finished my sandwich and took my plate to the kitchen. My mom was at the table, knitting.
âThat looks great,â I said. âWhat are you making?â
âA scarf,â she said. âI started it last night.â
âSheâs been working on it all morning,â Grandma said. âAt this rate weâre going to have to go out and get more yarn.â
âI have to get back to work,â I said. âIf you go shopping for yarn, leave Melvin at home.
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