Gone the Next
“Jessica Klein said.
I took a sip of my iced tea and let that sink in, wondering if my case had just come to an end. It was a little past six in the evening. We were sitting on the patio of a restaurant called the Iron Cactus in the shopping center — oh, excuse me, the “lifestyle center” — called the Hill Country Galleria. Not far from Pierce’s house, and not far from La Tolteca, the restaurant where he and Jessica worked. Maybe she lived nearby, too, but I hadn’t asked her that yet.
“He didn’t?...” I asked, because my interview techniques are honed to a razor’s edge.
She shook her head. “It sounds like he didn’t even know what workers’ comp was, or at least he didn’t know that it would apply to his situation.”
Jessica looked even prettier than the previous time I’d seen her. Her blond hair, which had been pulled back the other day, was now loose and flowing past her shoulders. I was fairly sure she was wearing more makeup. The baby-blue V-neck tank top hugging her torso was a hell of a lot more flattering than her waitress outfit.MoreLess
I took a sip of my iced tea and let that sink in, wondering if my case had just come to an end. It was a little past six in the evening. We were sitting on the patio of a restaurant called the Iron Cactus in the shopping center — oh, excuse me, the “lifestyle center” — called the Hill Country Galleria. Not far from Pierce’s house, and not far from La Tolteca, the restaurant where he and Jessica worked. Maybe she lived nearby, too, but I hadn’t asked her that yet.
“He didn’t?...” I asked, because my interview techniques are honed to a razor’s edge.
She shook her head. “It sounds like he didn’t even know what workers’ comp was, or at least he didn’t know that it would apply to his situation.”
Jessica looked even prettier than the previous time I’d seen her. Her blond hair, which had been pulled back the other day, was now loose and flowing past her shoulders. I was fairly sure she was wearing more makeup. The baby-blue V-neck tank top hugging her torso was a hell of a lot more flattering than her waitress outfit.MoreLess
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