Murder on the Mainline: another Mike Claymore Mystery Chapter 21 - Sex Stories

Murder on the Mainline: another Mike Claymore Mystery Chapter 21

... relative quiet. "You don't have to holler at me. I didn't do it!" "Sorry, honey. I'll have to see what I can do with it. Bring the big Mag light out of the glove box. He climbs down with a lantern light with a big square battery. He meets her on the far side by the tire. She's standing pointing the flashlight beam into billowing smoke. Mike waves his arms to clear it a bit and peers under the trailer. "No flames, just overheated." He calls to Trudy, "Give me the Mag light." Where the inside tire was hanging with tatters of thread before, there are now gaping holes in the tire and it is squashed out at the bottom so it rubs against the outside tire. A lot of wear marks are visible on the outside one. "Going to have to cut away some of that rubber so it doesn't rub against the outside tire or we'll lose it, too." He crawls back out and emerges from the smoke beside her. "Did you hear me?" "Yeah, you’re going to operate." "Yes nurse, and your going under there with me to hold the flashlight. I'll get the scalpel." Trudy runs along after him and yells, "Not when it's smoking like that, I'm not!" "We'll give it a few minutes to cool down." "That's better. I gotta pee." "There's a roadside privy over by the lookout edge. I better go with you or you'll fall over." They go to the convenience provided by the highways and she enters then backs back out. "It's dark in there. Where's the flashlight?" "Over by the truck. I'll get it." "Never mind. Just hold my hand so I don't fall down." ...

... She squats by the side of the small building holding his hand and he hears the rush of running water. "Hey, we could have put that on the tire to cool it down." Mike laughs as she starts to laugh and almost topples over. She stands up and swats him on the arm. "You idiot! You got me laughing and I almost sat in it." She stomps back towards the truck with Mike following her and grinning. He rummages in his toolbox and comes out with a large jack knife, a linoleum knife with a curved blade and a utility knife with retractable blade. He brings all three and goes back around the trailer. He crawls under the trailer and the smoke has thinned to a blue haze. Trudy crawls after him to hold the light. He reaches in to grip a piece of rubber with one hand while he gets set to use the linoleum knife with the other. He jerks his hand back out and swears. "God, is that hot!" He shakes his hand and blows on it. Gingerly he inserts the knife into one of the large holes and applies pressure, splitting it down to the next large hole. He does this down as far as he can reach then goes around back and reaches in to do the same there. The rear duals get in the way, but with Trudy crawling around behind him and moving the light he's able to split the tire all around except on the bottom. Next he uses the retractable blade to cut from the split to the rim on the inside. It's a little cooler now, so he can grab onto the rubber and steady it as he cuts around just inside the rim. He cuts away large ...