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. You re a vindictive little shit, I said, taking a sip of coffee. Elle Parker 87Seth flashed an evil grin. You know, if he stole it, it would be too hot to drive around for awhile.So, he could have stashed it to pick up later, and he keeps the keys tucked away safe untilit s time to go back.Personally, I d rather have the Vette, but these Miami boys like everythingcutting edge. Yeah, I said. It could also be his mother s for all we know. Seth pulled the key card from the pile and held it up. Ten to one says this gets us intowherever he s got the car stashed. That s got potential.Look at the notebook, see what you think. Seth put down the keys and grabbed the notebook, sliding off the band and flipping it open.He thumbed through the pages fast a couple of times, and then again slowly, stopping to look atone that was written on.Finally, he shook his head, looking perfectly bewildered. Well.the first one s a phone number.But I m guessing you probably already worked thatout. I swallowed my last bite of fritter. Goes to a Chinese takeout place in Miami.I didn t getanything there. Snake and Tango, Seth read off the last page, laughing. That s rich. Yeah.My money says they have a combined IQ of nine.They do sound like the kind ofguys who would hang out at a place called The Shark Pond, though. The what? The Shark Pond.It s a place in South Beach.Serrano had a bunch of matchbooks fromthere in the glove box.Maybe there s a connection. Did you check it out? I just thought of it. Well, work some of your cyber hocus-pocus and see what you get. I ll do that tonight. I took the notebook out of his hand and turned it to one of the pagesof codes. That leaves these to consider, and that s gonna take some work.I didn t get to that partlast night. I showed him the twelve pages of seemingly random characters, each one looking more orless like this:14I712692271FTDR11T5GTA01050R9-17132209 88 Like Coffee and DoughnutsSeth looked them over and said, Well, I guess the dog eared ones are important, sincethey re marked. If you d gone to the trouble of putting something important into code, would you go andstick big red flags on them that said, Get Your Answers Right Here? I might if I was the kind of guy who had friends named Snake and Tango, Seth said witha grin. Maybe they re decoys and one of the other pages is the real deal. I considered that while I flipped back and forth through the coded pages.Seth stood at myshoulder so he could read them at the same time. VIN numbers! he blurted out, smacking me upside the head. You and I both should havepicked that up without even thinking about it. He looked disgusted. Then why am I the only one who got hit? I asked, smoothing my hair back into place. Because I did see it. I looked, and sure enough, each page had a set of characters that fit the pattern. Not onlyare you pretty, but you re smart too, I told him, patting him on the stomach. Hot. What? Hot.I m hot, not pretty, he said.I gave him a quick appraisal and said, Yeah, I guess hot works too. You guess? Clearly, I need to step up efforts to change the way you see me. I liked phase one, I said. What do you have in mind for the next step? Seth pressed against me and reached down to run a hand over my thigh. Hey, I know, hesaid, breathing on my ear while he spoke. Let s go to Miami. What? I asked, looking at him like he was nuts. I hate Miami. You ve got to check out this Shark Pond place anyway, right? Let s go do it in person,instead of you looking it up on the net.We could hit a couple clubs, get a hotel room.Youfollowing me? I thought about that for a minute. Yeah, I could see that.I was figuring I d probably end upgoing there for the job anyway, no reason not to get a jump on it. Perfect.And then I can jump you, he said with a grin. What about work? I asked, glancing at the car he d been tuning up.He turned to look. I ll have this finished up early afternoon.That d leave us plenty of timeto drive down, get checked in, and still be early for clubbing.I only have two appointments fortomorrow, and I can reschedule those. Okay, that works.I have a couple other jobs I need to work on, and I have a client meetingin St.Pete at one.I could be ready to go after that. I finished my coffee, and we agreed to touch base around lunchtime, so we could make plans.Seth pulled me into the office and gave me a goodbye kiss worthy of a porn film.I left weak-kneed,hard as hell, and wondering what he had in mind for the hotel room. Elle Parker 89* * * *At two-thirty, we put Matilda s top up to cut the wind, and headed south.Seth eased his seatback and took a short catnap, and I spent the time going over everything I knew about Serrano snotebook and what I thought it might mean.Not like I really had a clue.It wasn t the first timeI d headed into a job without much to go on, but I knew eventually we d get that first break, andeverything else would start falling into place.It almost always did.About an hour into the drive, my cellphone rang and I took it out and answered withoutlooking. Martini. I d love one, thanks, Teresa said in my ear, and I swore silently.This was not the best timeto be hearing from her, since the only thing she and I had talked about recently was the Serranocase, and I didn t want her knowing I was working on it. Better not let your husband hear you talking like that, or he s gonna get jealous and kickmy ass. Oh, please, she scoffed.I preferred not to know which she thought was laughable, her husband kicking my ass, orthe idea she might actually be interested in me. So, she said, I understand you did a vehicle repossession on Darryl Serrano just a couplenights before he died.You neglected to mention that little detail. I didn t think it was important.I sure as hell didn t drown the guy. Well, why don t you let me be the judge of what s important, hmm? Teresa sounded just alittle too shrewd, and I could tell her bullshit senses were tingling.That was part of what made hera good cop, she could spot a line of crap a mile away.She also wasn t any fonder of coincidencethan I was. I m sorry, what was that? I asked, raising my voice. I must be switching towers orsomething, you dropped out there for a minute. I said, tell me what you got, and I ll let you know if means anything. What? You re breakin up pretty bad, I didn t catch that. She raised her voice to match mine. Dino? Where in the hell are you? I m really sorry, Teresa, I m barely getting anything here, you re all static.I hope you canhear me, I ll call you later when I m home. Then I snapped the phone shut and tossed it ontothe dashboard.Seth was awake and looking at me with a sly expression [ Pobierz całość w formacie PDF ]
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. You re a vindictive little shit, I said, taking a sip of coffee. Elle Parker 87Seth flashed an evil grin. You know, if he stole it, it would be too hot to drive around for awhile.So, he could have stashed it to pick up later, and he keeps the keys tucked away safe untilit s time to go back.Personally, I d rather have the Vette, but these Miami boys like everythingcutting edge. Yeah, I said. It could also be his mother s for all we know. Seth pulled the key card from the pile and held it up. Ten to one says this gets us intowherever he s got the car stashed. That s got potential.Look at the notebook, see what you think. Seth put down the keys and grabbed the notebook, sliding off the band and flipping it open.He thumbed through the pages fast a couple of times, and then again slowly, stopping to look atone that was written on.Finally, he shook his head, looking perfectly bewildered. Well.the first one s a phone number.But I m guessing you probably already worked thatout. I swallowed my last bite of fritter. Goes to a Chinese takeout place in Miami.I didn t getanything there. Snake and Tango, Seth read off the last page, laughing. That s rich. Yeah.My money says they have a combined IQ of nine.They do sound like the kind ofguys who would hang out at a place called The Shark Pond, though. The what? The Shark Pond.It s a place in South Beach.Serrano had a bunch of matchbooks fromthere in the glove box.Maybe there s a connection. Did you check it out? I just thought of it. Well, work some of your cyber hocus-pocus and see what you get. I ll do that tonight. I took the notebook out of his hand and turned it to one of the pagesof codes. That leaves these to consider, and that s gonna take some work.I didn t get to that partlast night. I showed him the twelve pages of seemingly random characters, each one looking more orless like this:14I712692271FTDR11T5GTA01050R9-17132209 88 Like Coffee and DoughnutsSeth looked them over and said, Well, I guess the dog eared ones are important, sincethey re marked. If you d gone to the trouble of putting something important into code, would you go andstick big red flags on them that said, Get Your Answers Right Here? I might if I was the kind of guy who had friends named Snake and Tango, Seth said witha grin. Maybe they re decoys and one of the other pages is the real deal. I considered that while I flipped back and forth through the coded pages.Seth stood at myshoulder so he could read them at the same time. VIN numbers! he blurted out, smacking me upside the head. You and I both should havepicked that up without even thinking about it. He looked disgusted. Then why am I the only one who got hit? I asked, smoothing my hair back into place. Because I did see it. I looked, and sure enough, each page had a set of characters that fit the pattern. Not onlyare you pretty, but you re smart too, I told him, patting him on the stomach. Hot. What? Hot.I m hot, not pretty, he said.I gave him a quick appraisal and said, Yeah, I guess hot works too. You guess? Clearly, I need to step up efforts to change the way you see me. I liked phase one, I said. What do you have in mind for the next step? Seth pressed against me and reached down to run a hand over my thigh. Hey, I know, hesaid, breathing on my ear while he spoke. Let s go to Miami. What? I asked, looking at him like he was nuts. I hate Miami. You ve got to check out this Shark Pond place anyway, right? Let s go do it in person,instead of you looking it up on the net.We could hit a couple clubs, get a hotel room.Youfollowing me? I thought about that for a minute. Yeah, I could see that.I was figuring I d probably end upgoing there for the job anyway, no reason not to get a jump on it. Perfect.And then I can jump you, he said with a grin. What about work? I asked, glancing at the car he d been tuning up.He turned to look. I ll have this finished up early afternoon.That d leave us plenty of timeto drive down, get checked in, and still be early for clubbing.I only have two appointments fortomorrow, and I can reschedule those. Okay, that works.I have a couple other jobs I need to work on, and I have a client meetingin St.Pete at one.I could be ready to go after that. I finished my coffee, and we agreed to touch base around lunchtime, so we could make plans.Seth pulled me into the office and gave me a goodbye kiss worthy of a porn film.I left weak-kneed,hard as hell, and wondering what he had in mind for the hotel room. Elle Parker 89* * * *At two-thirty, we put Matilda s top up to cut the wind, and headed south.Seth eased his seatback and took a short catnap, and I spent the time going over everything I knew about Serrano snotebook and what I thought it might mean.Not like I really had a clue.It wasn t the first timeI d headed into a job without much to go on, but I knew eventually we d get that first break, andeverything else would start falling into place.It almost always did.About an hour into the drive, my cellphone rang and I took it out and answered withoutlooking. Martini. I d love one, thanks, Teresa said in my ear, and I swore silently.This was not the best timeto be hearing from her, since the only thing she and I had talked about recently was the Serranocase, and I didn t want her knowing I was working on it. Better not let your husband hear you talking like that, or he s gonna get jealous and kickmy ass. Oh, please, she scoffed.I preferred not to know which she thought was laughable, her husband kicking my ass, orthe idea she might actually be interested in me. So, she said, I understand you did a vehicle repossession on Darryl Serrano just a couplenights before he died.You neglected to mention that little detail. I didn t think it was important.I sure as hell didn t drown the guy. Well, why don t you let me be the judge of what s important, hmm? Teresa sounded just alittle too shrewd, and I could tell her bullshit senses were tingling.That was part of what made hera good cop, she could spot a line of crap a mile away.She also wasn t any fonder of coincidencethan I was. I m sorry, what was that? I asked, raising my voice. I must be switching towers orsomething, you dropped out there for a minute. I said, tell me what you got, and I ll let you know if means anything. What? You re breakin up pretty bad, I didn t catch that. She raised her voice to match mine. Dino? Where in the hell are you? I m really sorry, Teresa, I m barely getting anything here, you re all static.I hope you canhear me, I ll call you later when I m home. Then I snapped the phone shut and tossed it ontothe dashboard.Seth was awake and looking at me with a sly expression [ Pobierz całość w formacie PDF ]