Jarrett and the girl left Gresham's
early enough for him to have killed Rivers; they were both pretty hard
hit by that twenty-five-grand blockbuster Rivers had dropped on
them.... Give me back that Colt, Dave. All you have to do is get an
identification on the Leech & Rigdon from the barbecue man. I'm going
to let Mick McKenna handle Umholtz, one way or another, after we've
concluded the Walters experiment. Until then, we don't want to stir
Umholtz up, at all."
CHAPTER 15
Parking in the drive, Rand entered the Fleming house by the front door.
The butler must have been busy with his pre-dinner tasks in the rear; it
was Gladys herself who admitted him.
"Stay out of there," she warned him, taking his arm and guiding him away
from the parlor doorway. "Nelda and Geraldine are in there, ignoring each
other. If you go in, they'll start talking to you, and then they'll start
talking at each other through you, and the air will be full of tomahawks
in a jiffy. Let's go up in the gunroom; that's out of the battle zone."
"What started the hostilities this time?" Rand asked, going up the
stairway with her.
"Oh, Geraldine lost Nelda's place-marker out of the Kinsey Report, or
something." She shrugged.
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