Sex scenes from the movies
Douglas Chanson Associates had such a brass plate above the doorbell of a three-story townhouse that was painted a rich cream color with black trim. I tried the door, but it was locked, so I rang the bell. There was an answering buzz and I went in and found myself in what probably used to be the foyer but was now a reception area presided over by a young, slim brown-haired woman with green eyes. Yes, yes. Just ask somebody. She said dubiously,Its easy for you to say. You dont know him. He had just crawled into the sack when his phone rang.Hello? Not everybody does. You think thats a possibility? I said. I did, Cindy. He died of a heart attack. At least thats what it looks like to me. The figure of the young woman appeared at one of the windows. She slid over the sill and lowered herself. The long skirt momentarily caught on the window sill, then she let go with her hands and, with a flutter of billowing skirts, dropped to the ground and started running. And then Cowls X-ray beam came lurching over to Devine. And the mans features became unreadable. He lingered, one, two, three beats. He took in the injuries and the man himself. Probing, digging, creeping into unopened pathways that Devine might unknowingly have, like back doors on firewalls. Cowl had built a serious empire. To do that, you had to be smart and ruthless, more of the latter than the former, actually, because you essentially had to take what someone else had and not give a crap when they financially croaked. Not of the prosecutions evidence, Mason said, but there are certain things, certain papers which I believe would be evidence for the defense, and which I have reason to believe the prosecution has taken from the desk of the decedent and is holding, merely for the purpose of keeping the defendant from having access to them. Well, I suggest you fill the place with cops in painters overalls. Where shall we meet? Krogar asked. Conspiracy, I said. He sees it everywhere. He had not trusted Helen Speers, and she had been the one to save his life. I locked the car and walked to the porch. The wood beneath me was weak with age...