Ken Kuhlken_Hickey Family Mystery 02 - Plot & Excerpts
Leaving the Black Forest, he felt as if he’d scurried out of a hole in which he’d got infested by parasites. The curious part of him wanted to gab with Fay Giles, ask if she’d heard about the avalanche, get her a little riled about the Nezahs, buy her a drink or two, and see what spilled out of her delicate mouth. The remainder of him, weary and apprehensive, was relieved to find her gone, the office locked. He slipped a ten into the key drop, packed his things, and left the motel. Sue Lynn and the tattooed cook still worked The Outpost. Friday night, the place was jammed with females, kids, and men old enough to escape the military, a few boys probably exempted as farm workers. Everybody except Sue Lynn wore a hat. Hickey took his off. While he was waiting for a spot at the counter, he bartered with the cook, finally gave him three dollars to use the phone. Violet Weiss answered, chatted a minute, then got Leo out of his bath.
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