Glass Houses by Terri Nolan

Author:Terri Nolan
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: birdie keane, police, mystery, southland, mystery fiction, mystery novel
Publisher: Llewellyn Worldwide, LTD.
Published: 2013-12-31T05:00:00+00:00

twenty-nine

Tuesday, May 15

Birdie heard a ping. She jerked awake not realizing where she was. Then she remembered that after Thom went upstairs to catch some sleep, she did a bit of casework on his investigation. Last thing she remembered she had laid down on the couch to close her eyes for a minute. Now she paid for those few minutes … hours …with a stiff neck.

The ping was a text.

She picked up her cell on top of the altar. 4:04 a.m. Are you kidding me? He’s just now getting home? Good thing she didn’t doubt Ron’s character. She visualized how it went: he and Noa talked and drank for hours, played a few games of pool, drinking past last call, all the way up to closing, and then talking some more at the car, not wanting to leave the best friend that you don’t see often enough.

Ron’s text read: HOME

Birdie texted back: FINALLY. U OK?

I HATE MYSELF

TOO MUCH LIQUOR. WHAT WAS IT?

TEQUILA

OUCH! ASPIRIN, LOTS OF H2O.

ROGER THAT

LOVE YOU.

LOVE YOU MORE. TALK LATER …

Birdie got up and stretched. She was tempted to wake Thom. He had the all-important meeting at eight. She’d let him get a bit more rest. With what she already discovered, he’d be amply prepared for the meeting. Make an impression.

_____

Birdie knocked on the guest room door and opened it. Thom walked in from the bathroom toward the closet, his bottom half wrapped in a towel.

“Hey, I was coming in to wake you,” she said.

“Beat you to it. Got coffee?”

“Nice and strong.”

“Breakfast?”

“You eat breakfast?”

“I need the fuel today. It’s Tuesday. Got the paper yet?”

“On the kitchen counter.”

“Why are you grinning?”

“Because I found a connection between your two homicides.”

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