Today’s excerpt is from Horace
Goes Home, the second of three Elmer Bader books. Mob boss finds out his source in LAPD has
killed himself. Also, a bit of humor
about Reggie’s awful coffee. Enjoy and
have a great day.
m.j.
That evening,
all four men who had driven in from Red’s ranch, rode back together in Elmer’s
car, leaving John’s and Alan’s cars at the station house. In another part of town, Aldo D’Alema came
into Bettino Prudi’s office. “Longfellow
is dead…seems to be a suicide. Good
riddance. One less person to worry about
if we have to apply a scorched earth policy.”
Prudi frowned,
“I hope he didn’t leave any incriminating evidence behind to tie him to
us. If so, all hell will break
loose. We’ll have Feds and LAPD nibbling
around, trying to find any charge they can to tie to me. At least they won’t have a witness to back up
whatever evidence they come up with. But
I especially hope he left nothing behind to indicate he was the one who told us
about the Cusimano brothers.”
“He was so
damned arrogant, he just might have—figuring he’d never get caught. What about Sgroi and Mosello?”
“Leave them for
now—but put out feelers to see if anyone is actively looking for them. We may have to revisit the decision to keep
them alive.”
·
Just as Elmer
pulled onto the long drive leading to the ranch, his cell phone rang. It was Reggie. “Passed with flying colors…thanks for your
help, pal. Also, thanks for opening the
door for me. We both know the job was
yours if you wanted it. Hope I can do as
good a job as you would have.”
“Better. Congrats.
See ya—I’m driving.”
“See you in the
morning. Thanks, again.”
Elmer was
pleased to inform those in the car that Reggie had aced the test, so the coming
morning he would be the new head of Homicide.
Everyone was happy to hear the news.
Alan joked, “Now all we have to do is keep him away from the coffee
pot. With his new, exalted position, he
may want to claim coffee-making rights.”
Elmer shook his
head. “Nope…got it covered. I let him know it was beneath his new
position to be making coffee. Should
have told him bringing donuts is okay, though.
He makes coffee, Alan, you just take the pot, pour it into his office
wastebasket, then make a new pot. A few
times and he’ll get the message we’re serious on the subject.”
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