Stiff Penalty (A Mattie Winston Mystery) - Plot & Excerpts
I saw it was Izzy and thought someone else must have died, meaning we had another call. I was half right. “Hey, Izzy, what’s up?” “I need to cancel our dinner plans for tonight. Dom’s father had a heart attack and died, so we’re heading for Iowa.” “Oh, no,” I said, hoping I sounded genuinely saddened by the news, because my feelings on the topic were mixed. While I could never be happy about anyone dying, particularly the relative of a close friend, my relief at getting out of dinner and The Talk with Izzy was huge. “Is Dom okay?” “I think so, but you know how things were with his dad. Their relationship was complicated.” That was an understatement. The only person in Dom’s family who was at all understanding or supportive of his lifestyle was his mother. His father and brothers didn’t approve, and they made it known any time Dom and Izzy visited. The situation was made even more difficult because Dom’s father had been an alcoholic who often got mean when he drank.
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