Sixty-four“Keep your wits about you and let me do the talking.”
Officer Barney Carnahan nodded in relieved agreement. He was more than happy to allow Sebastian Russell to take the lead in interviewing one of the city’s richest and most mysterious citizens, the Rich Widow of the Tenderloin.
Elizabeth Wenderhoven preferred her philanthropic activity to be private and anonymous, but her attendance at Mamie Bilouxie’s funeral days ago had again sparked speculation in the local rags about her dealings with the city’s poorest and most vulnerable people.
Barney knew that some questions Sebastian wanted to ask touched on personal and delicate matters he’d never want to raise with such a lady.
He trailed behind the tall, well-muscled businessman up the path to the front door, thinking as he mat
