Steve Demaree - Dekker 09 - Murder on a Blind Date by Steve Demaree

Author:Steve Demaree [Demaree, Steve]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Mystery: Cozy - Humor - Detective
Publisher: Steve Demaree
Published: 2015-04-08T05:00:00+00:00

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I refrained from playing cornhole or doing the hula hoop exercise on my Wii board, so I didn't have to take a second shower on Sunday. I left early enough to allow myself some extra time for the drive to Lexington. When I arrived at the north side of Lexington without incident, I breathed a sigh of relief and hoped that was a sign of things to come. I took New Circle Road around Lexington until I got to Nicholasville Road. Since Sunday traffic isn't all that bad, I was tempted to drive straight through Lexington, but was sure if I did I would hit a bunch of red lights. Besides, I had no idea if anything was going on downtown to slow me down. Still, I doubted it. Not much goes on in downtown Lexington on a Sunday in the winter.

Sunday Lexington traffic is heavy right after church when everyone heads to their favorite restaurant before heading home for a nap or something on TV, but by the time I hit town most people were nestled in their homes. I followed Detective Gruber's instructions and backed into a spot at Fayette Mall. I killed my lights, but kept the motor running in order to stay warm. I sat there, waiting. There was a lot of traffic behind me on Nicholasville Road, but only a few cars parked as far away from the mall entrance as I was. None of them seemed to have anyone inside. Maybe Detective Sanchez got delayed by traffic. I heard someone approaching from my left and turned and looked in that direction. An attractive woman in her mid-to-late thirties was walking toward me. I had no idea where she came from, and figured she was going to walk past my van. At the last moment she turned and approached the driver's side of my vehicle. She wasn't wearing a white rose, so I didn't think she was my date. She stopped at my door. I rolled down the window.

"Lieutenant Dekker?"

"That's right. Who are you?"

"Eve Sanchez, and from the look on your face Mike Gruber didn't tell you that I'm a woman. He likes to do that to people. Mind if I come around and get in?"

"Please do."

I used the few seconds that it took her to walk around to the passenger's side and open the door to try to calm down. What calmness I had managed to acquire went away as soon as she slid those shapely legs into the front seat and her skirt slid up just above her knee. This woman was rapidly rising up the detective chart to tie Heather for my favorite detective. As I sat there watching Eve Sanchez get comfortable I expected to see bright lights hit me in the face and Jennifer emerge from a car in front of me. I was only slightly more comfortable when that didn't happen. After all, an attractive woman who wasn't Jennifer was sitting just a couple of feet to my right. Luckily there was a console between us, and I didn't expect her to leap over to my side of the van.

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