Magic By Moonlight
“Hell, what made her think she could get the goods on an organized crime boss, anyway? She was getting a swollen head.
Believing her own press. M. C. Hammer, big-city private eye. Right.
The truth was that she couldn’t remember a time when she’d felt more like plain old Mary Catherine Hammersmith, small-town girl.
She paced the office, pausing to glance through the smeared window at the street below. No colors down there. It was as if Newark had gone black-and-white and shades of gray—as dismal ...as the sky above it. The wind blew bits of paper and clouds of dirt over the pavement. The dark sedan was still parked out there. If M. C. tried to leave, its driver would follow. If she went to the safe deposit box where she’d stashed the tape, he’d get her when she came out. If she went home... she shivered. The thought of that dark stairway up to her lonely apartment was not appealing. They could grab her there just as easily. She wasn’t even sure it was safe to get into her car. One twist of the key might make a hell of a noise and litter the streets with bits of a certain lady detective she’d grown kind of fond of.MoreLess
Believing her own press. M. C. Hammer, big-city private eye. Right.
The truth was that she couldn’t remember a time when she’d felt more like plain old Mary Catherine Hammersmith, small-town girl.
She paced the office, pausing to glance through the smeared window at the street below. No colors down there. It was as if Newark had gone black-and-white and shades of gray—as dismal ...as the sky above it. The wind blew bits of paper and clouds of dirt over the pavement. The dark sedan was still parked out there. If M. C. tried to leave, its driver would follow. If she went to the safe deposit box where she’d stashed the tape, he’d get her when she came out. If she went home... she shivered. The thought of that dark stairway up to her lonely apartment was not appealing. They could grab her there just as easily. She wasn’t even sure it was safe to get into her car. One twist of the key might make a hell of a noise and litter the streets with bits of a certain lady detective she’d grown kind of fond of.MoreLess
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