The Lady Who Sang High: A Reed Ferguson Mystery (A Private Investigator Mystery Series - Crime Suspense Thriller Book 7) (18 page)

Meanwhile, Ace and Deuce got to their feet and stood at attention.

“Hi, Mrs. Ferguson,” they said in unison. And then they giggled.

“Hello, boys.” Mother stared at them with eyes that could cut through stone, and then back at me. Then those eyes narrowed, and I knew what was coming. “Reed, is this some kind of drug thing?” She turned to my father. “I knew it! We show up and look at this.”

“Mother, please,” I said. I strolled over, kissed her on the cheek and led her and my father into the living room. “They’ve just had a little too much to drink.” I tried to hide the bottle of energy drink behind me.

“What’s that?” she snapped.

“This?” I held up the bottle. “An energy drink.”

“You’re all drunk from an energy drink? At this time of day?”

“I haven’t been drinking,” I said. “I…wait. You haven’t told me – what are you doing here?”

“The airlines got us on an earlier flight, so we thought we’d surprise you.” She put her hands on her hips, clearly miffed. She did “miffed” really well. “
What
is going on?”

“Nothing,” I said as I pushed the Goofball Brothers toward the door. “I just got home. And like I said,
they
apparently have had a little too much to drink.”

“Well, I never…”

The front door opened and Willie came in. I gulped. This was going from bad to worse. She glanced at me, then the energy drink in my hand, then my parents, and finally the Goofball Brothers, who burst into laughter.

“Mr. and Mrs. Ferguson – hi! I wasn’t expecting you so early.” Then she turned to me.
“Reed, what’s going on?” she said, her tone icy calm.

“I’d like to know the same thing, dear,” my mother said.

I was in trouble. I opened my mouth but nothing came out.

Where was Bogie when I needed him?

THE END

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