Beyond a Reasonable Doubt
“Any cars in the area, please respond.”
Jake grabbed the mike. “We’re about a mile from there. We’ll check it out.” Replacing the mike, he took a huge bite of his half-cold hamburger and washed it down with coffee. “Isn’t that your girlfriend’s house?” He grinned maliciously. “Oh, wait a minute, I forgot—she’s got a boyfriend.”
“Shut up, Sherlock.”
Jake laughed. “Hell, Harry, it’s been five years. Don’t you think it’s time you moved on? I could ask Cara to set you up with one of her friends. The...re’s a few of them. If I wasn’t already taken, well, I’d be on the prowl.”
Harry shot him a glance as they turned the corner onto Monsanto. “If Cara didn’t keep a noose around your neck, you’d be on the prowl anyway.”
Jake turned to stare out the window. “Never going to happen. Cara’s everything I ever wanted or needed.”
Harry drove slowly by the two-story ranch. “Maybe I’ll get lucky and find that some day.”
Jake caught a glimpse of movement in the bushes behind the house.MoreLess
Jake grabbed the mike. “We’re about a mile from there. We’ll check it out.” Replacing the mike, he took a huge bite of his half-cold hamburger and washed it down with coffee. “Isn’t that your girlfriend’s house?” He grinned maliciously. “Oh, wait a minute, I forgot—she’s got a boyfriend.”
“Shut up, Sherlock.”
Jake laughed. “Hell, Harry, it’s been five years. Don’t you think it’s time you moved on? I could ask Cara to set you up with one of her friends. The...re’s a few of them. If I wasn’t already taken, well, I’d be on the prowl.”
Harry shot him a glance as they turned the corner onto Monsanto. “If Cara didn’t keep a noose around your neck, you’d be on the prowl anyway.”
Jake turned to stare out the window. “Never going to happen. Cara’s everything I ever wanted or needed.”
Harry drove slowly by the two-story ranch. “Maybe I’ll get lucky and find that some day.”
Jake caught a glimpse of movement in the bushes behind the house.MoreLess
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