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Teaser in tormentAnd when I'd asked for Scott, the house detective, the man at the desk told me he'd quit that very morning. "Look, honey, Roger and I would love to cook up some steaks this evening. Are you sure you won't reconsider?" "I don't want you to think I'm dumb…" I shrugged. "Well, I guess I can understand. A pretty girl like you doesn't want to get cooped up with an old married couple. Not with all these boys looking at you." She winked. "The boys used to look at me, too, you know." Ariel and I said good-bye in the lobby and I went back to the desk. "Are you sure Scott Morely quit his job?" The deskman assured me he had. "And you don't have an address for him?" "No, ma'am. Scott was…" The man tilted his head, smiled, "… kind of a rolling stone, if you know what I mean." "Thank you." I started to turn away. "Oh… you don't happen to know someone named Chris, do you? About so tall. Blond hair almost to his shoulders. He was at a party here tonight." "No, ma'am, I'm sorry. He doesn't sound like a guest here." The man raised his finger. "Oh, that reminds me, you have a card here ...» |
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