Remember Me
“A couple of minutes later, he was on the phone to Harold Borden, P.I. It rang once, then twice, then a half-dozen times. He kept waiting for Borden or the answering machine to pick up, but nothing happened.It had been more than a year since he’d talked to the man, and there was always the possibility that he was no longer in business, although the idea was vaguely surprising. Harold Borden had struck Clay as the kind of man who would die of old age on the job, not puttering in his garage or out... on the golf course killing time between meals.Just when he was about to hang up, the call was finally answered. Clay could hear the short, gasping breaths of someone who’d been running.“Borden Investigations.”“This is Clay LeGrand. I’d like to speak to Mr. Borden, please.”Borden put down his coffee and sack of doughnuts and sat with a thump.“You’re talking to him. And hello to you, too, Clay LeGrand. It’s been a while, boy. How the hell are you doing?”Clay’s footsteps sounded hollow on the floor of his portable office as he strode to the window overlooking the construction site.“Good…and not so good.”Borden reached for an applesauce doughnut, took a bite, then talked as he chewed.MoreLess
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