The Angel Singers by Dorien Grey

Author:Dorien Grey [Grey, Dorien]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: Mystery
Publisher: Untreed Reads
Published: 2016-08-29T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter 9

Well, I obviously had quite a bit of thinking to do about Kenneth Johnson, and I knew I should do it before calling the Glicks first thing in the morning. I knew they expected my impressions before their ten o’clock meeting with him at the Montero.

But this was Jonathan’s and my first full evening alone together in what seemed like an eternity, and as I knew would happen, the minute we got back to the apartment Grant Jefferson and Kenneth Johnson and everything else took a back seat to us being us. I should have felt guilty, but I didn’t.

After Jonathan finally fell asleep around two, I opened the closet of my thoughts. Johnson’s not wanting to give me his business card was a little pointless, since I’m sure he knew I could get the information from the Glicks. Whether or not he suspected the reason why Jonathan and I were at dinner I couldn’t say. I think we covered it quite well, and I had gone out of my way to avoid giving him specific reason to think I was targeting him. Still, the guy was far from stupid, and I was sure the very presence of a private investigator, no matter how innocent, would be enough to put him on guard.

So, what did I think of him? With absolutely no solid evidence to back it up, I was sure that Kenneth Johnson and Robert Smith were the same person. In dealing with him, the Glicks were opening themselves up to being scammed. If I was wrong and he was legit, what would the Glicks be out, really? They could pursue their art collecting from any number of other unquestionably legitimate sources.

But for them to close the door on Johnson before I was able to determine whether he might, as I suspected, have been in town at the time Grant was killed would be to risk his disappearing into other identities and who knows what other locations.

The Glicks had been vague as to exactly when Johnson had first come into town, and I hadn’t pressed them on it; but now I really wanted to see if I could pin them down, or if they might be able to check the date on any receipt or paperwork they may have exchanged on their first purchase from him.

I wasn’t sure whether or not to let them know that my interest in Johnson went beyond their immediate concerns. If he were, by some chance, legit, this wouldn’t be exactly fair to him, but on the other hand, if I didn’t mention it, they might think I’d been hiding things from them. I definitely did not want that.

*

Jonathan awoke me in a most unusual but pleasant way Sunday morning.

“Hey, it’s our last chance before Joshua comes home—we might as well take advantage of it.”

I like the way that boy thinks.

Later, while he was in the shower, I threw on a robe out of habit and went into the living room to call the Glicks.

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