Reed Ferguson Mystery series Box Set 2 by Renee Pawlish

Author:Renee Pawlish [Pawlish, Renee]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Creative Cat Press
Published: 2015-08-17T22:00:00+00:00

Chapter Nineteen

A little before five that night, I sat in the 4-Runner just down the street from Jack Delany’s apartment, waiting for him to return. Monaco Row was a new apartment complex designed to look like row houses, with an exterior of brick in a variety of colors, and balconies to take in the mountain views – as long as you lived on the west side of the complex. I’d scoped out the place and it looked like Delany’s apartment had a private garage near his unit.

It was cold outside. As darkness fell, iron-gray clouds built overhead and I wondered if it would snow. It was also cold in the car, since I didn’t want to keep it running and attract attention to myself, but I was prepped for a long wait. I wore my dark winter coat, gloves and a black knit hat. I was relatively warm, and, I hoped, disguised if Delany spotted me. And I had a pair of binoculars resting in my lap, ready for use.

As I waited, I studied a picture of Jack Delany that Cal had texted me. Delany had a thin face and a chin that jutted out. His eyes drooped and his mouth was half-open, as if he was saying something when the picture was taken. It was from his driver’s license, so what did I expect?

Cal had also included information on Delany. He was twenty-eight years old, the son of a prominent L.A. lawyer, third in his class at Yale. He worked as a software engineer at a big company located in the nearby Tech Center. No spouse, no kids, no arrests, just some speeding tickets that led to high insurance premiums. In a nutshell, the guy was clean. So why was he after Stephanie? Was his background a cover, and he was really a hired assassin? And why was he free to follow me on a Tuesday? Had he taken the day off? I shook my head as I put my phone away. I had pieces of the puzzle scattered about, but I couldn’t fit them together.

After a bit, I tired of thinking about it, so I put it to my subconscious and kept my mind busy by playing a game: name lesser-known film noir movies with a classic femme fatale, the sexy woman who exploited the noir hero for her own purposes. Many film noir aficionados think of the obvious ones, such as Barbara Stanwyck or Lauren Bacall, but Jane Greer as Kathie Moffett in Out of the Past was a truly dark and cunning femme fatale. And man, was she hot! But then I thought of Jeff, the doomed noir hero in the movie, who couldn’t escape his past – oh, how I could relate. I shook my head and continued the game. Joan Bennett as Kitty Marsh in Scarlet Street. What a performance. And who could forget Lizabeth Scott as Dusty Chandler in Dead Reckoning. She had dark eyes and a husky voice that slew the noir hero.

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