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“So the Colombos play bridge, you say?”

Without making eye contact she sniffles an “uh huh” while wiping a couple tears from her left cheek.

“So Jean~ when you finish reading spilled tea leaves over there, see if you can’t get your sister’s sister-in-law’s boyfriend’s mechanic on the phone…”
May 25, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Jean drops her cup & saucer & they shatter on the floor & the pieces scatter like mice suddenly discovered & how they might make a run for it.

Now I must consider whether investigating a disappearance adjacent to one of the 5 families, in their own borough, would be worth a payday of $5’s or not…
May 25, 2025 at 5:20 PM
The young lady nods affirmatively- “this is where Mr. & Mrs. Colombo live.”
May 25, 2025 at 5:16 PM
“that’s the thing, they took the subway up to 122nd & the subway doesn’t run to Vermont street.”

At this point she pulls out a Manila envelope and empties it on my desk.

It’s full of $5 bills & a note…
May 6, 2025 at 12:28 PM
Half grumbling with his thick northern New Jersey accent he quizzically asks “bridge?” He finally stops chewing on his cigar,

“Is it possible they drove off to Vermont for a spontaneous weekend at a b&b?”

The young lady sniffles once before replying & says between sobs,
May 6, 2025 at 12:25 PM
This fragile shivering young girl couldn’t have been more than 21 on closer examination.

“Do your parents know you’re coming to a P👁️?” I say while showing more obvious pleasure in the cigar I have to resurrect periodically.

“Jean ~ you have the coffee yet or are you still roasting the beans?”
April 28, 2025 at 3:26 PM
The half lit room ran a sultry diagonal shadow veil across the lower half of our vulnerable new paying (hopefully) client.

“So, dame, what is it… cheatin’ husband? MIL needs disappearin’? Government conspiracy ‘bout UFOs?”
April 28, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Over the years either cheating has lost its vogue 😂 or the men have just gotten even more weasely 😂😂

“Be a lass Jean & see who that is busting down that door…”
April 24, 2025 at 11:12 AM
“What the hell, woman?!”

I half-audibly mutter as I come to & immediately bite down on the deliciously dense Montecristo still smoking.

@girlfridayslueth.bsky.social has stuck by my side since our glory days of busting all the cheaters whose wives would end up rich & our bank account ballooned.
April 24, 2025 at 11:12 AM