Dead On the Island
“My little Subaru looked as much out of place there as Dumbo at a mastodon convention. River Oaks was Money, some of the million-dollar homes sitting boldly on their lots so that the underprivileged could drive by and see what they were missing, while other houses, just as expensive if not more so, were hidden from the gawkers behind high walls or dense foliage or both and shaded by the enormous expanses of trees that gave the area its name.
Jimmie Hargis lived in one of those houses.
I doubted that his neighbors knew how he'd made his money, or cared, as long as he kept to himself, didn't bother anyone, and didn't try to attend their bridge parties, or whatever kind of parties people with that much money had. I'd never been invited to one any more than Hargis had.
I drove down a tree-lined street to the address that Dino had given me and pulled off at a wrought-iron gate, painted black. An asphalt drive curved off into the trees, and I could see parts of the house through the limbs an...d foliage.MoreLess
Jimmie Hargis lived in one of those houses.
I doubted that his neighbors knew how he'd made his money, or cared, as long as he kept to himself, didn't bother anyone, and didn't try to attend their bridge parties, or whatever kind of parties people with that much money had. I'd never been invited to one any more than Hargis had.
I drove down a tree-lined street to the address that Dino had given me and pulled off at a wrought-iron gate, painted black. An asphalt drive curved off into the trees, and I could see parts of the house through the limbs an...d foliage.MoreLess
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