All I'm trying to do is help, and I'm getting home-towned by the local old boys. Over the causeway and onto Main Road, heading back toward the hamlet of Cutchogue. That's very nice of her to give up her time. Then she is officially ex, and I lose the opportunity to be an adulterer or a bigamist. Call me.'Īside from these little career conflicts, we were actually in love once. Tobin discussed, but I think that's the last official conversation you should have with him. Understand? I don't know exactly what you and Mr. Okay? I got a call from Fredric Tobin's attorneys, and they're not happy people. You're no longer working for the township. You remember that song from Footloose 'Let's Hear it for the Boy' Well today is all about 3-Yard Quilts for your guys, so 'Let's Hear it. Maybe I didn't make myself clear about your status. The first was Max, who said, 'John, this is Chief Maxwell. I tried my answering machine again, and there were two new calls. Corey, please let yourself in.'Īnyway, I drove back to the Peconic Historical Society house and parked in the small lot beside a van marked 'Whitestone Florist.'

I went to the front door, and there was a yellow Post-it near the knocker that said, 'Mr. Maybe getting their coffee between cases. I pictured doing PI work for her and her idiot boss. So I told her, 'It's me or your job,' to which she replied, 'Maybe you should change your job' and she meant it-her firm needed a private investigator and she wanted me to take the job. I mean, Jeez, lady, I know somebody has to do it, and the money is terrific, but I was feeling matrimonially challenged. The last straw was when she took the case of a high-level drug guy who, aside from his American problems, was wanted in Colombia for icing a judge. I mean, I'm trying to put scumbags in the slammer, and the woman I'm sleeping with is trying to keep them in business. He may have liked more than her style, but aside from that, our marriage became a conflict of interest.

She switched sides and took a high-paying job with a big-name defense attorney who liked her style in court. Robin, by the way, was a Manhattan assistant district attorney once, which is how I met her. Murphy asked, 'Where is she?' 'Detective Penrose? She's home with morning sickness.' I should have opened the bottle of Tobin wine and chugged it before meeting Mrs. On the other hand, I think I had geriatric overload, and the thought of talking to one more septuagenarian was more than I could handle. I wasn't sure why I was here, but something had drawn me here. Maybe it was another brown-bearded man in a white Porsche. Yet, he didn't seem to recall his June visit.

Fredric Tobin had been at the Gordons' on at least one occasion. But don't get married before you get your decree or it's bigamy. It's automatic.' She put a light tone in her voice and said, 'Well, you can't commit adultery after October first unless you remarry. You'll get a copy of the decree in the mail. I want to remind you that our one-year separation ends on October first, at which time we are legally divorced. The next call was from my ex, whose name is Robin Paine, which fits her, and who also happens to be an attorney.

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