Murder on the Mainline: another Mike Claymore Mystery Chapter 09 - Sex Stories

Murder on the Mainline: another Mike Claymore Mystery Chapter 09

... didn't mean to kill her, only scare her, hmmmm." "I don't think she was slavish enough to him to go with him to the crime scene. Of course I don't know what their relationship was like. We're going to have to talk to his girls, eh?" "Definitely. I suppose the police already have. I didn't see it in any reports, though." They roll into Calgary around one thirty PM and Mike drops the trailers. He checks with dispatch and they have a train going north to Edmonton for him. He gets the bills, checks out the trailers and fuels up. When he talks to Toronto they tell him he has a longbox in Edmonton that's going to Vanderhoof. Since he doesn't have a swamper with him, he's to drop it in Prince George. A local driver will deliver it from there. If they have anything for the coast in Prince George he can head home, but at the present time there is nothing for him going south. It looks like he might have to bob tail back to Sicamous for the longbox waiting there. They head out of Calgary towards Red Deer on number two. It’s flat and lots of lanes. They're soon flying along. Trudy comes out of the sleeper and he fills her in on where they are going. She watches the flat prairie roll by and says, "Are we going to be home tomorrow night?" "Oh, I think so. It will probably be late." "I didn't figure on more than two days. I'll have to make some calls if we aren't home before morning day after tomorrow." "Tired of my company already?" "You know better. It's Crystal. I have to keep in touch ...

... with her or she'll be wondering and worrying. She shouldn't be worrying about her mother, she should be concentrating on school and play and just being a girl." "Yeah, I know what you mean." "Do you think I should be raising her alone?" "What? What you thinking?" "Do you think I should have another one?" "Haven't you got your hands full already?" "Sometimes I wonder that's all." "Trudy, you have that gleam in your eye. You haven't stopped taking the pill, have you?" "No! I'd tell you if I had." "Yeah, I thought so." As they near Edmonton the sun is low in the sky on their left. Mike drops the train of trailers in the yard and hooks up on the trailer for Vanderhoof. He talks with Toronto and they tell him to bob tail from Prince George to Sicamous. Out of Edmonton on sixteen to the truck stop at Edson Mike is facing the setting sun and it's dark when they pull in behind the service center. He parks by other rigs near the fence. Trudy gets out with him and they head for the bathrooms. They meet back in the cafe for a bite. "Are we staying here tonight?" "I thought we'd better. I'm starting to get laggy on the shifts and we'll soon be back into the mountains. You tired enough to sleep?" "Later. I'm not that tired yet." She looks at him knowingly. Mike just grins as he reaches across and takes her hands in his. "Finish your coffee then... or do you want to bring it along?" "It's finished. Let's go." Hand in hand they return to the rig and she climbs up his side ahead of him, over ...