The Case Notes of P.I. James: Reporting
by John Steckley
The old couple come out. They had called 911. I search around the outside of the shed for clues. You never know.
I find the phone that one of the thugs had used. Help arrives. I tell the cops about the phone call. The old couple tell their story. Ruthie and I go to the police station. The firefighters extinguish the shed fire to an audience of two – in lawn chairs.
We didn’t say much as Ruthie drove me to my car. “Are you hurt?” “No” “Were you scared? “Yes”. Few words more.
The cops are not long in identifying the phone’s owner. And who he called. Turns out it was a big developer. The old couple said that he had made several offers to them. They turned him down.”
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