Murder on the Mainline: another Mike Claymore Mystery Chapter 06 - Sex Stories

Murder on the Mainline: another Mike Claymore Mystery Chapter 06

... today?" "An insurance fraud investigation." "Be careful. I don't want you getting yourself killed when I've finally found you." "I can take care of myself. Don't worry." "I'm serious. Please be careful. Promise?" "I will be careful." "I'll worry about you now, you know. When you’re on the road with the truck or out fighting crime, I'll always be worrying about you. Remember that." "I will, my itty bitty pretty one." They drive off in different directions and as Mike cruises down the freeway towards Chilliwack with the top down he thinks that it’s a crazy, crazy world. He's going to visit Trudy and feels guilty about it because of Nina more than he does because of Marlene. He figures it’s because he thinks Marlene is tougher, Nina more vulnerable. He turns up the radio and sings along with JR Country. He pulls in by the bungalow and she comes out to meet him. "I love that car of yours when the weather's nice. Come in, Mike. The sitter won't be long." They walk hand in hand back to the house. "Have you got the papers with you in your purse?" "Yes, I thought you might want them." "Good girl." He glances at Crystal and gives her a big smile. "How are you today?" "I'm staying home because I'm special. Mom says she has to go but I don't have to. So there." She sticks out her lip and marches into the other room. Trudy grins and says she has to use some tricks to make her stay at home. "It looks like you know what your doing." She grins and says, "Sometimes." There's a knock at the ...

... door and Trudy goes to let in the baby sitter. She talks with her for a minute then they go into the other room. She comes back and beckons Mike to follow her. They leave the house and Mike pulls up towards the Trans Canada Highway. They drive through town and Mike turns up the canyon. About five miles later he pulls into a side road that leads to a mine. Along the road a few miles is a turnoff into a hollow by a low waterfall. Mike parks in the entryway, blocking the entry. He gets out and goes to the trunk, getting out a blanket. He carries it to the water's edge and spreads it on the grass. Trudy brings his briefcase and her purse. She digs the file out of her purse and puts it on the briefcase like a table. She looks at Mike expectantly. "All right, you've seen the file. Tell me what happened." "She was lured to the spot by her killer with whom she has practiced fantasy sex. For some reason this time he plans to kill her. He ties her up beside a railway track and lays her on a blanket; all part of the fantasy. Then he opens her dress and probably has sex with her, but when the train comes along, he brutally beats her and murders her. Then he makes it look like a sex slaying and leaves. How's that?" "Hmmm, why do you say he arranges the scene to look like a sex slaying?" "Here", she takes the color photo of the victim, "notice the gaping womb. See anything inside there?" "I'm not used to looking into those places but I see semen, or what appears to be semen." "I doubt if it ...