ArticleField.comInternet's Fastest Growing Free Content Article DirectoryWho was to say? I’d stopped without meaning to in front of Peaty’s building. One of thelittle kids waved at me and I waved back and both parents turned. Shaved-headDad glared. I sped off. No action at the PlayHouse, same for the big cantaloupe-painted complex on Overland that DylanMeserve had left without notice. Shabby place. […]
Maybe because of the isolation. I had yet to encounter another vehiclechallenging the mountains. I drove another few miles, managed to turn around on a skinny ribbon ofasphalt, hooked right on Kanan, and drove into the Valley. Tori Giacomo’s last known address was a dingy white multiplex. Old cars andtrucks filled the street. True to […]
“What did you say?” “Nothing, I listened. Mostly that’s what I did when I was married. Shetalked, I listened.” I reached Milo’s cell and reported bothconversations. “Hooking up with a star, huh?” “Maybe she settled for someone who looked like one.” “Meserve or another PlayHouse Adonis.” “With her level of naiveté, someone who’d been […]
“Nah,” said Caravanza, “just from church. What happened?” “That’s what we’re trying to figure out. Did you have contact with her aftershe moved to L.A.?” “We were divorced, but we were getting along, you know? Like they say,amicable. She called me a coupla times, maybe the first month. Then itstopped.” “No more loneliness.” “I figured […]
Giacomo nodded and shook Milo’s hand. “Youguys are all right.” We watched him enter the hotel lobby, pass the desk without word, and standfidgeting in front of the elevator without touching the button. Thirty secondslater, he slapped his temple and pushed. Turned around, saw us, and mouthed theword “stooopid.” Milo smiled. We got back in […]
