Small Town Trouble by Jean Erhardt

Author:Jean Erhardt
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Two Terriers Press
Published: 2013-04-24T04:00:00+00:00

I dropped the steaks on the fire and they made a loud sizzle. “You know, Evelyn, you’re really riding the pony now, and I’m very proud of you.”

“Oh, shut up,” she said, finishing off her Manhattan. “And don’t overcook my steak. I like mine on the rare side of medium rare.” She pushed herself up from the patio table and headed back inside to freshen our Manhattans.

The steaks were cooking nicely and they smelled fantastic. Bunky thought so, too. He was circling the grill making hungry, obnoxious little snorts. Evelyn popped back out the patio door and handed me my drink. Her Manhattans were certainly starting to grow on me.

“Looks like Larry White is going to get the Delozier farm now that Rick Rod needs to raise some cash,” I said, testing the steaks. “You know Rick Rod still claims he’s innocent.”

“Big deal.”

“Well, Amy believes him.”

Evelyn got a sour look on her face. “I hope you’re not even thinking of poking around in police business.”

“What if the cops are wrong? It certainly wouldn’t be the first time in history,” not to mention Fogerty history.

“Kimberly,” Evelyn said, sternly. “The police chief is a very bright woman. She didn’t get to be chief for nothing. Maybe you’ve got a problem with authority figures. You ever think of that?” She sipped her Manhattan.

“Of course I have a problem with authority figures, but that’s beside the point.”

I checked the steaks again and they were perfect. I forked them from the grill to the meat platter where they continued to sizzle. Evelyn took the platter from me. “If you keep stickin’ your nose where it don’t belong, one of these days somebody’s gonna cut it off,” she said.

A valid warning, no doubt. And it wasn’t like body parts weren’t already turning up missing all around town, but Evelyn’s cautionary prediction came about thirty years too late. Call me lucky, but so far I still had my nose.

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