Hard Case Crime: Fake I.D.
“@page { margin-bottom: 5.000000pt; margin-top: 5.000000pt; } Thirteen “Tommy? I didn’t wake you, did I?”
The voice sounded like somebody I knew, but I was so spaced it took a second or two before I matched it with a name—Debbie O’Reilley.
“No,” I said, wondering why the hell I didn’t just let my answering machine pick up. “What’s going on?”
“I should be asking you that question. I’ve been trying to hunt you down for two days now. Either you’ve been screening your calls or you went away without ...telling me. Either way I’m very upset with you.”
As usual, she sounded drunk.
“I was in Vegas,” I said.
“Vegas? Las Vegas?”
“You calling me for any reason, because I was about to go to sleep.”
“Sleep? Don’t you have to work tonight?”
Shit, I forgot all about work. There was no way in hell I was going in feeling like this.
“I’m calling in sick,” I said.
“Really? Well, that’s convenient—and timely too. Because I’m feeling kind of lonely and I was hoping I could come over to visit.”MoreLess
The voice sounded like somebody I knew, but I was so spaced it took a second or two before I matched it with a name—Debbie O’Reilley.
“No,” I said, wondering why the hell I didn’t just let my answering machine pick up. “What’s going on?”
“I should be asking you that question. I’ve been trying to hunt you down for two days now. Either you’ve been screening your calls or you went away without ...telling me. Either way I’m very upset with you.”
As usual, she sounded drunk.
“I was in Vegas,” I said.
“Vegas? Las Vegas?”
“You calling me for any reason, because I was about to go to sleep.”
“Sleep? Don’t you have to work tonight?”
Shit, I forgot all about work. There was no way in hell I was going in feeling like this.
“I’m calling in sick,” I said.
“Really? Well, that’s convenient—and timely too. Because I’m feeling kind of lonely and I was hoping I could come over to visit.”MoreLess
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