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Elsey
Elsey

Aug-25-2004 12:46

Elsey walks into the local bar, The Tricky Mister, and asks her old buddy Cyrus to pour her a drink.
"Something girly," she asks him. "Something the boys will laugh at."
She smiles and looks around the room. She thinks about who else might walk into the room tonight. She turns back to her girly drink and waits for Sir James to arrive, as he undoubtedly will at some point.
Just then, the front door opens and in walks....

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jstkdn
jstkdn
Well-Connected

Jun-11-2005 15:53

Sits quietly in the corner and finishes all the chocolate. Now with everybody away, busy dancing with tall handsome dark strangers, pirana's and the like.

Then CFM notices something strange between the chocolates...

The Mad One
The Mad One
Well-Connected

Jun-12-2005 19:57

...Its a small brass tube with a cap on each end. Jstkdn unscrews the cap off one end and tips out a rolled up piece of paper and a heart shaped golden locket on a fine gold link chain. She opens the locket to see a picture of Mackensie and .........
The paper has a message written on it.......

cfm
cfm
Nomad

Jun-12-2005 21:58

Jstkdn opens the locket to see a picture of Mackensie and Jack Scarpetta.

Cfm sets down her glass of water and unfurls the paper, reading it softly, glancing at Jstkdn between the words with a confused look on her face, "Tuesday, 3:00am, behind the diner, come alone."

A bit dazed and confused as she examines the locket cfm says, "I knew Makensie was friendly with La Cosa Nostra, but...Jack Scarpetta?"

Taking the paper from cfm, Jstkdn reads the note herself and calls Makensie over to the table....

DaRu
DaRu
Well-Connected

Jun-12-2005 22:45

meanwhile, DaRu whose been sitting in the back booth since the night before working on cases, passes out from exhastion......but, nobody notices because all eyes are on Makensie as she reaches jstdkn and says,.....

jstkdn
jstkdn
Well-Connected

Jun-13-2005 07:03

"I can't believe this! Jack is two timing me."
DaRu pulls an identical locket out of her pocket.
With a picture of her and Jack.

At the back of the locket the following was engraved....

cfm
cfm
Nomad

Jun-13-2005 09:41

...the back of the locket read, in a simple script, "To my Darling, Love Jack"

Cfm watches in amazement as the women around her all produce mementos of the man gunned down behind the diner a few months ago. Sensing the anger and confusion building amongst the women she signals to Cyrus to bring a round of drinks.

Cyrus stands staring in shock, at first because of the scene of all the women pulling identical lockets from their pockets or around their necks, and then he just about falls over when cfm motions for drinks. He brings a round of shots, and without thinking sets one in front of cfm, who just looks at him like he's lost his mind, hands it back to him and pays the bill.

As Cyrus stands watching, DaRu, Jstkdn, Makensie are swapping lockets and arguing over who got theirs first and squabbling over where Jack had spent the past Holidays.

Handing each of the ladies a drink, cfm gently coaxes each of them into a chair as they continue to work out some of their frustration, pain, and anger. Holding the curled note in her hand, "Ladies, I know you are all a little overwhelmed at the moment, but the question remains, who sent this, why, and what are we going to do about it?"

Slowly the chattering voices calm and silence fills the room. "I don't know," says Makenzie with exasperation. DaRu shakes her head, and Jstkdn slams the extra shot from the tray Cyrus was still holding.

"Look, you guys mull this over and see if you can come up with anything," cfm says as the chair squeaks across the floor and she stands to leave. "I'm heading to the Hall of Records to see what I can find on Jack's death." Quickly, cfm escapes out the back door.

As the ladies begin to argue again the door to the bar suddenly opens, sunlight spilling through the door way, the silhouette of a woman breaking up the harsh light. They all turn to see who is interrupting their conversation and find..


Makensie Brewer
Makensie Brewer
Super Steeper

Jun-13-2005 10:05

Ms Cevasco standing in the doorway. Jstkdn,Makensie and Daru turn and look and wonder if SHE has the same locket. Everyone is frustrated, and wanting to know what is going on. Ms Cevasco walks up and Daru says....

Cyrus Tibby
Cyrus Tibby

Jun-13-2005 19:14

Just as Ms. Cevasco comes in DaRu's cell phone rings, it appears that one of the suspects she has put in jail has been aquitted by the judge !!. She is forced to run off to either hide or put the person back in jail before she seeks revenge.

Ms. Cevasco comes in and sits down, ordering a Sweedish vodka that Cyrus now stocks, and wonders why everyone else has the same locket as her.

Meanwhile behind the bar Cyrus wonders what this Jack guy has that everyone elase is missing, can it be that there are that few men in sleuthtown that 4 or 5 women have to share the same one? He thinks not.

jstkdn
jstkdn
Well-Connected

Jun-13-2005 19:46

jstkdn wonders what that ringing sound is in DaRus pocket, and that small device DarU holds to her head. It looks like something from the future. Like a portable telephone. :) :)

jstkdn
jstkdn
Well-Connected

Jun-16-2005 12:47

It looks like I killed the story. :)



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