Murder on the Mainline: another Mike Claymore Mystery Chapter 22 - Sex Stories

Murder on the Mainline: another Mike Claymore Mystery Chapter 22

... hurting at all?" "Not now, Mommy. I'm busy." She turns away and Mike says in a stern voice, "Now!" She turns back and goes to her mother. Marlene looks at it and says it seems to be okay. Mike says, "When your mother asks you to do something, she usually has your best interests in mind. You think about that and start doing what she asks, when she asks. Got it?" "Yeth, daddy." She hangs her head and goes back upstairs. "We'll have to figure out a way to reinforce that notion in the future, honey. I don't want her to grow up like the teens I saw in the park." "Amen" They spend a quiet evening around home. They have Nina and Jeff over for cards. This time it's cards only although Nina giggles a lot. She and Mike exchange glances and she starts giggling. They go home early because Jeff says he has to catch a plane tomorrow. He's going east to find them a new home. She whispers to Mike as they're leaving, "Did I get a rough time at work today. The ass of my skirt was soaked and I didn't know it." She grimaces and giggles again, as she goes to catch up with Jeff. Saturday and Sunday are rather uneventful. The only exception is a trip to Zellers at Cottonwood Mall in Sardis, by Chilliwack. Mike runs into the warehouse leadhand, Wayne Stadnyk, who has transferred in from Kelowna ...

... where Mike met him. He introduces him to his wife and kids. Stadnyk, in turn introduces him to his Associate Manager, Wendel Blake, and the store Manager, Frank Buttersworth. They all stand around chatting in the general office and Wendel's wife comes in. Her name is Carol Byers and she works in Accounting. Wayne tells Mike he's heard he's working on the POCO Rapist case. Mike confirms that rumor and Carol says, "How does a truck driver work on a murder investigation?" Mike explains his background in security and a little about the case. Everybody is interested and they all end up gathered around a table in the Skillet with coffee. They all have theories but the prevalent thought is the ex husband. Mike says he hopes to soon have the guilty party. The case is coming together now. He won't say more. The atmosphere is so warm and friendly that Frank invites him and his wife to join them in the fall when he takes his managers, their wives and a number of friends on a hunting trip. He says they go every year and would be delighted to have them join. They take their campers and while the wives keep up the camp, the guys go hunting. Mike says if he's free, he just might join them. Marlene likes the idea, too. They leave Zellers 171 feeling like they are leaving a friend's place.