Tortoise Soup
“Two hours later, a squad car pulled up to the ranch. By that time I was thoroughly sunburned, unable to bring myself to venture back inside Annie’s.
“Hey, there. You got something ripe for us?”
Ted Brady struggled out of the squad car. Though only twenty-eight years old, he already had the receding hairline of a middle-aged man, coupled with a paunch that pushed against the shiny brass buttons of his uniform. A light blond mustache stained his baby-fat face like a smudge that hadn’t been wiped ...away.
I’d never met the man who swung out of the passenger side of the car. Tall, with a mop of white hair and a walrus mustache to match, he raised his arm above his eyes, squinting at me, before striding over to where I sat on the ground.
“Henry Lanahan. Forensics. Thought I’d join Ted for the ride,” he said in way of introduction.
Lanahan shook my hand, then I felt myself being pulled to my feet. “Why don’t we go in and see what we’ve got?” he added. His fingers rested lightly on the inside of my wrist, and I felt faintly suspicious that he was taking my pulse.MoreLess
“Hey, there. You got something ripe for us?”
Ted Brady struggled out of the squad car. Though only twenty-eight years old, he already had the receding hairline of a middle-aged man, coupled with a paunch that pushed against the shiny brass buttons of his uniform. A light blond mustache stained his baby-fat face like a smudge that hadn’t been wiped ...away.
I’d never met the man who swung out of the passenger side of the car. Tall, with a mop of white hair and a walrus mustache to match, he raised his arm above his eyes, squinting at me, before striding over to where I sat on the ground.
“Henry Lanahan. Forensics. Thought I’d join Ted for the ride,” he said in way of introduction.
Lanahan shook my hand, then I felt myself being pulled to my feet. “Why don’t we go in and see what we’ve got?” he added. His fingers rested lightly on the inside of my wrist, and I felt faintly suspicious that he was taking my pulse.MoreLess
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