Brandy And Bullets
“I sat across the desk from Mort Metzger and felt my frustration level rise.
“Maybe you should talk to some more people,” he said. “You know, other friends of his. He might just have picked up and gone away for a couple of days with one of them.”
“That’s always a possibility,” I said. “But I don’t consider it a probability.”
Mort’s tiny, snide laugh was annoying. “You know how writers are, Jess. Not the most stable of people.”
“Pardon?”
“Present company excepted. Is Norman Huffaker the sort of p...erson who’d take up with a woman on a whim?”
“I don’t think so. I spoke with his wife in California. They have a good relationship. I think.”
He rolled his eyes up to the ceiling.
“I have to admit, Morton, that your lack of a sense of urgency in this matter is disconcerting.”
“All I’m saying, Jessica, is that maybe he needed to get away from it all for a couple of days.” He’d obviously sensed my frustration with him and was attempting to soften his bedside manner.MoreLess
“Maybe you should talk to some more people,” he said. “You know, other friends of his. He might just have picked up and gone away for a couple of days with one of them.”
“That’s always a possibility,” I said. “But I don’t consider it a probability.”
Mort’s tiny, snide laugh was annoying. “You know how writers are, Jess. Not the most stable of people.”
“Pardon?”
“Present company excepted. Is Norman Huffaker the sort of p...erson who’d take up with a woman on a whim?”
“I don’t think so. I spoke with his wife in California. They have a good relationship. I think.”
He rolled his eyes up to the ceiling.
“I have to admit, Morton, that your lack of a sense of urgency in this matter is disconcerting.”
“All I’m saying, Jessica, is that maybe he needed to get away from it all for a couple of days.” He’d obviously sensed my frustration with him and was attempting to soften his bedside manner.MoreLess
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