Lullaby of Murder
“She arrived to find Reggie Bauer, her Forum informant, sitting on an ashcan waiting.
“May I?” He hopped down and took the keys from her. He was a time diddling between the two locks.
Rose Rodriguez opened her window and leaned out to see what was going on. Julie greeted her cheerfully. Reggie, the door open, stepped back and saluted the woman upstairs. He asked Julie, “Does she have a solicitor’s license?”
Julie lit up the two rooms. “Let me guess what you found out,” she said. “The original Li...ttle Dorrit dropped out of the show for an abortion.”
“That’s not fair,” Reggie said and pointed at the crystal ball. “You’ve been reading that bloody thing.”
“Am I right?”
“That’s the backstage scuttle. She was getting a lot too plump for a jailhouse stray, and that’s not one of the symptoms of appendicitis. Now here’s the added attraction: During rehearsal—that’s five months ago—Abby developed such a passion for one of the chorus boys, the straight one, that she almost got him fired from the show.MoreLess
“May I?” He hopped down and took the keys from her. He was a time diddling between the two locks.
Rose Rodriguez opened her window and leaned out to see what was going on. Julie greeted her cheerfully. Reggie, the door open, stepped back and saluted the woman upstairs. He asked Julie, “Does she have a solicitor’s license?”
Julie lit up the two rooms. “Let me guess what you found out,” she said. “The original Li...ttle Dorrit dropped out of the show for an abortion.”
“That’s not fair,” Reggie said and pointed at the crystal ball. “You’ve been reading that bloody thing.”
“Am I right?”
“That’s the backstage scuttle. She was getting a lot too plump for a jailhouse stray, and that’s not one of the symptoms of appendicitis. Now here’s the added attraction: During rehearsal—that’s five months ago—Abby developed such a passion for one of the chorus boys, the straight one, that she almost got him fired from the show.MoreLess
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