Chapter 5
Frank and Chuck had been partners for several years. Both had been cops before opening the agency. When Frank recruited me, Chuck had been pissed. Despite our best efforts, mostly for Frank’s sake, we’d never gotten along. The truth is, we just didn’t like each other.
My friend and neighbor, Kim, was just getting out of her car when I pulled up, so I invited her in for a drink. I needed to talk.
“Are you okay?” she asked.
“Yeah. Well…no. I just saw something so disturbing on so many levels.”
“Tell me! I love disturbing!”
“Chuck is back.”
“You mean, PI Chuck?”
“Yup, PI Chuck. My least favorite guy in the world.”
“So, did you two get into it again?”
“No. I kind of walked in on him… um… bending some woman over a table.”
“You mean… going to town?”
“Yes.”
“Oh, my God! Whe
