Chapter 98

Maddy continued, “You’re sexy, charming, and quite skilled in your line of business. No one else can pull my demands off, Mr. Boxford. I would rather not know who Dash sleeps around with and the vulgar details of his actions, if such finds exist. Rather, I simply want to know how far my husband would go with a strapping young cowboy such as yourself.”

“You make yourself very clear, Mrs. Shore.”

“Maddy,” she corrected me again.

“Maddy,” I repeated, and reviewed a contract with her, collected funds, and found her to be a strange and beautiful bird of flight, among many others in the world of married wives.

* * * *

It was a busy morning in my office. Lilith was not present to keep the coffee coming. Benny Sting sat across from me with a mug of weak brew that I made. He was a big man with curly gray hair, a pink face, and pale green eyes. I think he was fifty-three or a little older. He said, “Any results regarding the investigation of my son’s murder?”