A BJ Vinson Mystery Novel
Chapter 1 (Second Installment)
“Now wait a minute.” Anthony Alfano obviously was not accustomed to getting the brush-off. “I know all about you. And except for that—nonsense—you’ve got a good reputation. You can move in both the straight world and the gay world. You’re the one I want. Find my son, Vinson, and send him home to his mother and me.”
“It’s Mr. Vinson.” Might as well set the
bigoted SOB straight right at the beginning.
“All right, Mr. Vinson, score one for you. Are
you sure you’re gay? You don’t sound it.”
“Does your son?”
“No, but—”
“But in your dreams he’s
not twisted, right? How about Norville? Am I looking for a flaming queen?”
“Of course, not. Lando
wouldn’t hang out with someone like that. No, I’ve got to admit, looking at
Dana Norville, you wouldn’t suspect.”
“Then how can you be
certain?”
“I did a quick background
check on Norville when the two of them started bumming around together, and the
guy was clean. But when they…uh, got close, I took another look and found the
man Norville had been shacking up with before he latched onto my son.”
“Very well, Mr. Alfano,
I’ll look into the matter. I’ll do it for Orlando and Dana, but you’re going to
be footing the bills.”
He promised to have his
secretary in California call Hazel tomorrow with the credit card information
for my retainer and to provide anything else we requested. I asked him to email
color photos of the two men. If they were as close as he believed, there would
be a few around somewhere. He also gave me his son’s cell and pager numbers.
After hanging up, I
tapped my desk blotter with a gold and onyx letter opener fashioned into a
miniature Toledo blade. I sighed aloud. The Alfano case had all the hallmarks
of developing into a nightmare. Working for attorneys was easier; they
understood the process. Private individuals had a warped idea of what a PI did,
which was nothing more or less than gathering information. But I was committed,
so I might as well make the best of it.
Next
Week: Third Installment of Chapter 1
To read
the Prologue and the first installment of Chapter 1, please see the prior two
posts.
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