Third Crime's the Charm by Maggie Pill
Author:Maggie Pill
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Peg Herring
Published: 2022-04-04T00:00:00+00:00
Chapter Twenty-Five
Earl-Thursday, 10:30 a.m.
Strolling around B-Bird Park isnât like when I used to cover my farm on foot, looking for fences that needed fixing or signs of crop damage, but itâs what Iâve got these days. The park is clean and nice, and thereâs lots of wildlife. People wave when I pass and sometimes stop what theyâre doing to talk for a while. The talk isnât usually about important stuff. In fact, itâs mostly a repeat of what you said yesterday and the day before. It isnât the words so much as the reaching out, reminding ourselves weâve still got things to say.
I came around the corner of Main South and Stork to find Matthew Nowicki sitting on a bench, hunched over one of those little tablet things. My first thought was how silly it was to look down at a screen when the lake in front of him was full of birds, fish, and other critters, but to each his own. I wasnât going to disturb him, but Matthew looked up and called out, âMorning, Earl.â
âMatthew.â Nobody whoâs called the guy âMattâ once ever does it again. He isnât shy about telling you how he sees things. âNice day.â
He looked up as if noticing it for the first time. âYes.â I would have gone on then, but he said, âEver heard of Monroe Island?â
âCanât say I have.â
Rising, he came to where I stood and showed me the tablet. It was hard to see the screen in the bright sunlight, but I made out an aerial photo of a dark green spot in a bright blue ocean. âPretty.â
âMore than that.â Matthew gave me a long look, as if judging whether I could handle a big surprise. âMonroe Island is where celebrities go when they âdie.ââ He made quotation marks with his free hand.
âWhat do you mean?â
âIt started with Marilyn Monroe. She got tired of being the Blonde Bombshell, so her people gave out the story that she was dead. What really happened is she bought this entire island no one knew about.â Tapping the screen with a finger, he screwed up his face the way people do to push their glasses back up on their noses. âSome sources say DiMaggio paid for it and visited her there every year until his death.â
âShe must get lonely these days. Joltinâ Joeâs been dead a long time.â
âYes, he really is gone. Itâs not clear if Marilyn is still alive, but if she is, thatâs where youâd find her.â
âOn an island nobody knows about.â
âYes.â He waited to see if I had more to say, but I figured Matthew didnât want to hear what I was thinking. âOnce she got out of the rat-race, Marilyn decided to invite others who couldnât take the pressure anymore. Now, lots of famous people who are supposed to be dead live out in the Pacific, on Monroe Island.â
âAnd nobody knows but you.â
He shrugged, trying to look modest. âThereâs more than me, but I am part of a network that investigates these things.
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