The Detective Lane Casebook #1 by Garry Ryan

Author:Garry Ryan
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: ebook, book
Publisher: NeWest Press
Published: 2013-08-06T04:00:00+00:00

Monday, October 26

Chapter 18

“I’LL PICK UP Matt at school after she calls,” Arthur said.

“The room ready?” Lane dug into a grapefruit.

“It’s all ready.” Arthur stood up from the kitchen table then sat back down again. “I’m worried.”

“About your sister?” Lane went to pick up his glass of orange juice, then waited for Arthur to finish.

“Yes. What are we going to do? I mean, if . . . ?”

Arthur asked.

Lane waited.

“I mean if Martha doesn’t make it?” Arthur’s eyes filled with tears. He used a paper napkin to wipe them.

“Then, we take care of Matt, I guess,” Lane wiped a non-existent speck off his black-wool slacks.

Arthur touched the side of Lane’s face. “Thank you.”

Lane shrugged.

“And I’m worried about Mrs. Smallway,” Arthur said.

“What? She’s got another party planned?”

“No. Well, maybe she does. She talked to Matt the other day. Apparently, when she was on Bobbie’s radio show, you were the main topic of conversation whenever they were off the air.”

An hour later, Lane and Harper met for coffee at the coffee shop on Kensington. Bryan, the manager of the coffee shop, with the blond-tipped and gelled hair, stood behind the counter. Bryan said, “The usual. A Rolo and and a regular. Black.”

Harper said, “You got it.” They sat down by the window. Outside, the traffic was lined up to the traffic lights more than a block away. Tail lights glowed an eerie red in the sunrise orange.

Harper pulled a folding keyboard from his pocket, set it on the table, and folded it open.

“It seems like every time I see you, you’ve got a new piece of equipment,” Lane said.

“It seems like every time I see you, you’ve got bigger circles under your eyes. Anyway, this baby has a camera and voice recorder along with word processing. After we interviewed Jay, I realized this will come in handy the next time we need to record a conversation.”

Lane laughed. “Does it dance?”

“No but you can dance if you want. It plays music, and it’s wireless.”

“Here you go.” Bryan slid their coffees onto the table.

“Thanks.” Thank god for coffee, Lane thought.

“No problem.” Bryan left.

“We need to go back over what we’ve done so far, to see what we’ve missed.” Lane lifted his coffee and closed his eyes with the pleasure of that first sip of the morning.

The screen flickered on Harper’s new toy. He leaned forward. “It’s all here. I downloaded the information last night. Remember the minister’s wife? We haven’t seen her yet. First on the list.”

Lane said, “Good place to start. And, what about Jay Krocker’s lawyer? I’ve got more questions I’d like to ask the kid. We’ll have to run that by the lawyer first.”

“Got his number here.” Harper pointed and smiled.

Lane decided Harper was just a big kid with his new toy.

Harper typed, sipped his coffee, and scrolled down his notes. “Two question marks here.”

“Question marks?” Lane asked.

“You know, when we think we’re not getting all of our questions answered, I put a question mark.” Harper turned the screen so Lane could see them.

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