Murder on the Mainline: another Mike Claymore Mystery Chapter 02 - Sex Stories

Murder on the Mainline: another Mike Claymore Mystery Chapter 02

... appreciation. She can taste the hint of maraschino juice in her mix and knows Mike has added it at the last minute. No olive for her, just a plain swizzle stick. Marlene raises her glass and says, "To old friends and new, may we ever be true." They all clink glasses as Jeff whispers 'Amen.' Mike gets out a fairly new deck of cards and says he thinks the guys should take on the ladies tonight. Marlene and Nina laugh and say the guys won't stand a chance. Mike lets Nina cut for deal then Jeff. The men win the cut and Jeff nods to Mike to deal. He deals out for bridge. To his left, Nina says two hearts right off the bat. Marlene looks knowingly and chuckles. Mike says, "No hints across the table there, you witches!" and grins. Jeff joins him by saying, "Watch them, they'll cheat, you know." Jeff passes and Marlene comes back with three of the same. Mike just passes and comments, "Let's see you make it." They stay with three and could have made four, but they both thought the guys were holding out on them. Of course that's what the guys were hinting at. After the girls beat them a game, Mike refills the glasses all around and asks Nina if she's been busy at work with the recent murder in POCO. "There was a lot of activity around the office today but not much is being said yet. It’s all hush hush." "That's getting too close to home. They found the body next door to where I work, you know. And I came home last night about the time she was murdered. An officer was here this morning ...

... to question me about it. I had only just heard about it on the news." "Did you know her?" "Not really. I'm not even sure of her name." Mike is fishing. "Florence Hanson. She was a waitress over at the Gardens. Very active social calendar, if you know what I mean. They're checking some of the CPX drivers. She apparently went out with a few of them. They're also checking her ex. It seems she took him for quite a bit. An even split on the divorce and she sued him for assault and battery. That almost cleaned him out." Marlene pipes up, "Flo Hanson? She's a waitress in POCO, and you never met her, Mike? I'm surprised." A bitter edge has crept again into her voice. Mike just laughs as he again says to Nina, "What the devil would ever make her go down into that area by the railway? That's what has me buffaloed." "They're saying she must have known her attacker and since they had a padded blanket with them, they must have been planning on some kinky sex act or something. Maybe the attacker scared off her lover or maybe it was the lover himself who did the deed. Who knows?” She shrugs, “It’s awful gruesome anyway. She was raped and strangled! What a horrible way to die!" "Not raped if she went prepared to have sex with a lover." Mike points out. "That's what makes them think her lover must have run off. The damage indicates she was forcibly raped in a very rough fashion. Not nice to think that the animal who did that is still around the area somewhere." "He may not be. If it happened ...