Murder on the Mainline: another Mike Claymore Mystery Chapter 04 - Sex Stories

Murder on the Mainline: another Mike Claymore Mystery Chapter 04

... Mike as he comes forward to the table and sits across from him. "I had to stop by and let you know that a lot of us are not convinced you had anything to do with the crime. In fact, if you can answer a few questions for me, I may be able to help you get clear of this crap. How about it? Are you willing to be grilled?" He grins and Ray shakes his head in the affirmative. Mike pulls out a small notepad and pen. "First, was that you that I saw leaving the parking lot on Thursday night at about twelve twenty?" "I guess. I was tired and never noticed which truck came in as I was leaving, but on thinking about it, it must have been your Kenworth. I know it was a big cabover but I didn't know who at the time." "Okay. So what did you do on Thursday night?" "I went drinking after supper at the local pub, you know, The Gardens. I guess I hung around there until after ten; then felt I should clean the truck up for the next day's work. I like to drive a clean truck. I drove over to work and pulled the truck up into the wash rack. After I washed it down, I vacuumed it out and put it back in the lineup. Then I went home and went to bed." "Give me more detail. Did anyone see you washing the truck?" "I suppose the yard spotter must have seen me pull the truck around to the wash rack and there was a shift working in the warehouse. Some of them might have seen me from the docks." "Was anyone around while you were at the wash rack?" "No, I don't think so." "Did you have your radio on? Did you ...

... hear dispatch talking to the spotter, telling him which door to put which trailer at and such?" "Nope. I don't think I had it on... or if I did I never noticed." "Do you know who the spotter was that night?" "Probably Hughey." "You don't know for sure, eh?" "No." "Were you drunk? Tell me if you were but think about it before you answer." "I felt okay to drive so I guess I wasn't drunk. If I had been stopped and my blood/alcohol level had been checked I probably wouldn't have passed, but I wasn't incapable of safely driving." "You were tired on top of that. Hmmmm. Okay, what about earlier, when you were at the Gardens. Did you talk with Florence Hanson?" "Yeah, I remember trying to get her to go out with me. She turned me down." "Did you tell the police that?" "Yeah. Shouldn't I have?" "You know the drill. Let me ask the questions. I'm following a complicated formula of questioning in my mind and when you ask me a question it throws off my concentration. Can you do it my way, Ray, and trust me?" "Yeah, Okay. Go ahead and ask away." "Did you know Flo was a prostitute?" "I'd heard that but I don't believe it? She was always a proper young lady around me. I thought she was rather nice and I felt sorry for her after what her old man put her through." "When you were trying to get her to go out with you, where did you plan to take her?" "To the stage production of 'Cats' at the Queen Elizabeth Theater in Vancouver. It was on for three weeks and I wanted her to go the next night... ...