Natural Predators: a Mahu Investigation: Mahu Investigations, #8 by Neil S. Plakcy

Author:Neil S. Plakcy
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: gay, police procedural, fbi, island, racy, mystery, hawaii, history, statehood, cold case, 1950s, politician
Publisher: Samwise Books
Published: 2019-08-13T00:00:00+00:00

20 – Bromance

The Hawskbill Bar chain was a local one, decorated in what my father called “Early Fishnet,” with colorful Japanese glass fishing floats nestled in old rope nets, pieces of driftwood serving as restroom signs, and other faux nautical décor. I directed Ray to the branch on Salt Lake Boulevard near the Aloha Stadium. Mike and I had been there many times, often taking advantage of their happy hour specials.

Ray parked next to a pickup truck decorated with the bar’s signature Hawksbill turtle, along with lots of slogans and bumper stickers, then walked inside. A guy with a Mohawk was up on a ladder, replacing a light bulb, and we waited until he was finished. “You Cinco?” I asked.

He turned around. “Oh, hey, you’re Kimo. I’ve seen your picture around Gunter’s. Nice to finally meet you.”

He pointed at the ladder. “Gunter called and said you were coming over. Let me just clean up my crap and we can talk. You want a beer? It’s on me.”

“Sorry, we’re still on duty,” I said.

“We’ve got Waialua root beer on tap,” he said.

I looked at Ray, and he nodded. “We could take two of those.”

We sat down at a table near the door, and the waitress, a petite, busty Filipina in a Daisy Duke top and hot pants, brought us our drinks. Cinco joined us a couple of minutes later, carrying a mug of the real stuff.

“You work here?” I asked, as he sat down.

“I work for the chain. I go around taking care of maintenance stuff. That’s how I met Gunter. He was sitting at the bar over in Waikiki and I had to ask him to move so I could get access to a hatch.” He smiled. “He’s been moving for me ever since.”

I was still thinking over the idea that Gunter could be monogamous with someone, and then wondering why he hadn’t told me about Cinco. We’d been friends with benefits for a few years, before I settled down with Mike, and Gunter usually loved to dish on his sexual conquests to me, trying to tease me about all I was missing by confining myself to one guy’s dick, ass and mouth.

Now he was doing the same thing, and bashful about revealing it. Interesting.

“You know a guy named Pika Campbell?” Ray asked.

Cinco nodded. “He used to work at the gym where I work out.”

“Any idea where we can find him? We’ve already ruled out the Iolani Palace.”

Cinco laughed. “Pika got a kick out of using that address. But yeah, I know where he lives. Or at least where he used to—last time I was there was about six months ago. He got plastered and I drove him home.”

“He gay?” I asked.

“Pika? No way. Hundred percent straight. Though he does have a bromance going on.”

I looked at Ray. There had been two guys in the limo with Fields and the elderly woman, and there’d been someone driving the limo when I saw Campbell on Saturday night in Waikiki.

“First things first,” Ray said.

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