Truth Kills by Nanci Rathbun
Author:Nanci Rathbun [Rathbun, Nanci]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Dark Chocolate Press LLC
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00
Chapter 19
Each manâs private conscience ought to be a nice little self-registering thermometer: he ought to carry his moral code incorruptibly and explicitly within himself, and not care what the world thinks.
âKatherine Fullerton Gerould
âDetective Wukowski.â He answered on the second ring, in his brusque baritone.
âAngelina Bonaparte, returning your call.â
âUh, yeah. Thanks for getting back to me.â
Holy crap, was Wukowski being polite to me? Or was he maneuvering for a favor? I was betting on the latter. âWhat can I do for you, Detective?â
âI thought youâd want to know that there were no prints on the envelope or letter that we picked up at your apartment last night.â
âDoesnât surprise me,â I answered.
âMe, either. You have to live in the Amazon basin to not know about wearing gloves.â We chuckled a little, slightly uncomfortable, as usual.
âHope I didnât disturb your friend, Mr. Schroeder.â This time, he gave it the long-A pronunciation. Making nice, my Polish friends would call it. âWe checked out his story and didnât find any holes.â
âAgain, it doesnât surprise me. Heâs not involved with my professional life.â
âAnd your personal life?â
âWhy do you ask, Detective?â I made my voice silky. I wanted him to squirm.
âNo reason.â He cleared his throat. âThe contents of both letters were identical, so itâs not likely to be a personal vendetta. I mean, I donât think Schroederâs a likely suspect. I meanâ¦â
âI get it, Wukowski. You no longer think itâs a âlove thing.ââ His silence was deafening. Had I gone too far?
Suddenly, sound exploded from the phone. Laughterâfrom Wukowski! âI deserved that. Sorry, Angie.â
Hmm. First he was polite to me, then he laughed when I busted him, now he was apologizing and calling me by my first name. Was this really Wukowski, or an imposter? Or were they spiking the water at police headquarters with happy juice? I decided to push it a little further. âWhatâs your first name?â
âTed,â he mumbled.
âYour badge says âW.T. Wukowski.ââ
âYeah. Well, I go by my middle name.â
âOh.â His first name must be pretty awful. Walter? Wilson? Wotan? I made a mental note to do some research.
The silence hung there for a minute, then he continued. âAny chance we can meet for a coffee or maybe a drink after work? Iggy and I have some ideas to run by you.â
âSure. Okay. Six oâclock?â I named a little corner bar not far from my condo. Milwaukee has more bars and more churches per capita than almost any other city in North America. Iâm not sure if thereâs a relationship in that. Does too much prayer cause you to drink? Or vice versa?
I told Susan what had happened, and she immediately started to wag her finger at me. âBe careful, Angie. This isnât some boy. He wonât be easy to manipulate.â
âAre any of them?â
Simultaneously, we sighed.
***
I put in a little time on the Marcy Wagner case that afternoon. There had to be a way to locate Hank Wagner through his love of all things Trekkie. A web search for âStar Trekâ produced almost seventy million hits.
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