Last of the Independents (2014)
“When mine arrived, I stashed it unopened in the bottom of the filing cabinet. I was alone in the office, waiting for Fisk’s call. Outside, low charcoal-coloured clouds sped across a blank sky, threatening to burst into rain or hail.
The day before, I’d driven by the house on Fraser and spotted the graffiti-defaced, stand-alone garage. The street was clogged with cyclists and pedestrians. I walked up to the garage doors and peered through the sliver of light between them. A car was there. No... child. Whatever else could wait for the police to cut the padlock.
That morning I’d run down a bogus lead on the Loeb case, forwarded the school’s refusal of payment to my attorney, and dealt with the issue of the Ko family’s relocated grandson. I asked the nephew over the phone to ask the grandparents if they wanted me to talk to the daughter-in-law. After a brief consultation he said no, they’d prefer to handle it themselves. I was prepping the invoice when Gavin Fisk phoned me on the office line.MoreLess
The day before, I’d driven by the house on Fraser and spotted the graffiti-defaced, stand-alone garage. The street was clogged with cyclists and pedestrians. I walked up to the garage doors and peered through the sliver of light between them. A car was there. No... child. Whatever else could wait for the police to cut the padlock.
That morning I’d run down a bogus lead on the Loeb case, forwarded the school’s refusal of payment to my attorney, and dealt with the issue of the Ko family’s relocated grandson. I asked the nephew over the phone to ask the grandparents if they wanted me to talk to the daughter-in-law. After a brief consultation he said no, they’d prefer to handle it themselves. I was prepping the invoice when Gavin Fisk phoned me on the office line.MoreLess
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