Samson's Deal: A Laid-Back Bay Area Mystery (The Jake Samson & Rosie Vicente Detective Series) (29 page)
Authors: Shelley Singer
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I dragged the phone into the bathroom and started running the hot water into the tub. I sat on the stool with the phone in my lap. Starting with the poker regulars, I called Artie Perrine, told him I had some notes for him, and invited him for Sunday. Hal said he could make it, too, so that was four, including Rosie, and she might want to bring a friend. I didn’t think I’d ask either Iris or Faye because I like to keep love and poker separate. But I could keep a space open, just in case, for someone.
I undressed and settled in the tub, then called Faye and told her I’d pick her up at seven-thirty.
The second that I hung up, the phone rang. A collect call from Isaac Samson, the operator said. Resisting an urge to speak Chinese and slam the receiver down, I accepted the call.
“Hello, bum?”
“Hello, pa.”
“I been dialing for an hour. Busy. For an hour. Like a woman on the phone.” I heard a squawk of protest somewhere in the background at his end.
“I had a lot of calls to make, pa. Business.”
“Yeah. Sure. Monkey business. Don’t tell me. I’m sure it’s too complicated for a simple old man to understand.”
“Pa…”
“Your stepmother wants to know if you’ve got a date tonight. I, personally, don’t care if you’ve got a date.”
“Pa…”
“What you need is a job.”
The End
For my mother Dorothy Singer Fenick
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Searching for Sara
Interview With Mattie
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SHELLEY SINGER has had 13 novels, including a Shamus Award nominee, and several short stories published. Most are mysteries, including the six books in the Jake Samson series. Her most recent novel is
Blackjack
, a near-future thriller, written as Lee Singer. She teaches writing online and does manuscript consulting. She has served as a judge in a number of fiction writing contests, including the NYC Midnight Flash Fiction writing competition. She lives in Petaluma CA with two dogs and the love of her life.
