Murder on the Mainline: another Mike Claymore Mystery Chapter 10 - Sex Stories

Murder on the Mainline: another Mike Claymore Mystery Chapter 10

... his good luck he already has with such a fine wife, albeit a bit unfaithful, and a trio of kids he adores. He plans to pick up Trudy in the morning and they will interview some of Scanlon's harem. He also thinks it might be wise to meet with Ray and let Trudy meet him. She's got a head for noticing small character flaws so her opinion of his guilt or innocence means a lot to him. He wants her to talk to a few of the other female staff at The Gardens and would like to try to get into Flo's old apartment. Should be a full day if he is going to get her back home to go to work by five. He calls her at the cafe and asks if she can be ready at six in the morning. He explains the ground he wants to cover. "I have to head back out to your place by three thirty to get you back for work." "I'll be waiting. How are things at home?" "I'll tell you in the morning. See you then." "Bye, Master." "Mistress." He chuckles as he hangs up. He drinks his coffee and relaxes, poring over some tax papers. Finally curiosity gets the better of him and he stands, tips his chair and studies the bottom of it. It does not appear to have been changed. He reaches for the panel then changes his mind. Better to leave well enough alone. He rights the chair and sits again. He spends an hour putting everything back in its original place. The searchers didn't try to hide the fact they had been there. It's still fairly early so he decides to go over to The Gardens in POCO. He grabs his briefcase, now back in his ...

... service and sorted out, and tells Marlene he will be late. He climbs into the Mustang and heads for POCO. An hour later he pulls into the lot of the popular pub in POCO. He walks inside and seats himself at the bar. He looks around the room and sees another driver from CPX talking with Tony near the far wall. The crowd is noisy and he doesn't hear the cute barkeep until she jostles his elbow. "What you having, love?" "What you offering?" "Come on, I ain't got all night?" "I ain’t asking for all night. Were you here the night Flo Hanson got killed?" "Flatfoot! Haven't you guys got your fill of us yet?" "Private flatfoot to you, my love." He flashes his I.D. card and says he's investigating the case for a separate party." He winks and says, "Whoever did it is still out there, and can you give me a hand?" "They got him locked up." Mike sadly shakes his head, "Out on bail. And he may not have been the one." "What you want to know?" "Which staff members were on that night?" "I'll get you the list we gave the cops. Be right back." She hurries away into an interior office behind the bar and returns with a list of seven names. Mike studies it and asks for a beer. "All of these here until closing time?" "All except Flo and Manuel. That's Manuel over by the door. He's our bouncer. Go easy with him, if you know what I mean." "Any of these others on tonight?" "Corrie in the kitchen and me, I'm Meloney." That left three girls names. "How can I contact these other three?" "Two of them will ...