The Motive
““Anybody here?”
“I am, Wes.”
“What are you doing standing around in the dark?”
“Thinking. You can turn the lights on if you want.”
“Fiat lux.” The room lit up. “You know that Theresa was at the fire?”
“You talked to her.” Hardy got to his desk, sat in his chair.
“At length. I think she developed a little bit of a crush on me.”
“From what I hear, she’s not exactly the crush type.”
“Well, as the song says, Diz, ‘There’s someone for each of us they say.’”
“What song is that?”
“I think a bunch of ’...em say it. You ought to listen to more country music, you know that? I mean it. Sam got me into it and now I don’t listen to anything else.”
“I’ll put it on my list,” Hardy said. “She was at the fire?”
Farrell plopped himself into one of the upholstered chairs in front of Hardy’s desk. “This is going to sound familiar, but she saw it on TV and drove over. Got her name and address taken by one of the arson guys and everything.MoreLess
“I am, Wes.”
“What are you doing standing around in the dark?”
“Thinking. You can turn the lights on if you want.”
“Fiat lux.” The room lit up. “You know that Theresa was at the fire?”
“You talked to her.” Hardy got to his desk, sat in his chair.
“At length. I think she developed a little bit of a crush on me.”
“From what I hear, she’s not exactly the crush type.”
“Well, as the song says, Diz, ‘There’s someone for each of us they say.’”
“What song is that?”
“I think a bunch of ’...em say it. You ought to listen to more country music, you know that? I mean it. Sam got me into it and now I don’t listen to anything else.”
“I’ll put it on my list,” Hardy said. “She was at the fire?”
Farrell plopped himself into one of the upholstered chairs in front of Hardy’s desk. “This is going to sound familiar, but she saw it on TV and drove over. Got her name and address taken by one of the arson guys and everything.MoreLess
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