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but I’m running the
show. So, just wait and be surprised.”
    **********
    Candy watched the bearded man drive his
silver BMW into the convenience store parking lot and pull around
to the side, near the back corner of the building. There were
plenty of open slots in the front, so she figured the guy was there
for something other than a bag of chips and a coke.
    A chilly breeze blew up her mini-skirt and
she shivered. She pressed her legs together tightly to generate
some heat. The knee-high boots protected her feet and calves, but
her butt was freezing off.
    She wrote down the license number as she
circled around to the side of the expensive vehicle. He’ll have a
big wad of cash, she thought.
    Larry Luzor had just stepped out of the car,
when she said, “Nice car, Honey.”
    “ Uh, thanks.”
    “ I’m Candy. You got a sweet
tooth tonight?”
    He gave her the once over.
Her black hair framed a pretty, young-looking face. The low-cut
blouse left little to the imagination, barely hiding her nipples.
She was average height, but the high heel boots elevated her to
about 5’8”. The long legs were very nice.
    Larry had never used a prostitute. He’d
always thought of it as revolting. The idea of having sex with a
woman who’d been with hundreds of men did not appeal to him.
    But this didn’t seem like a typical hooker.
She seemed too clean—almost pure. But of course, she wasn’t. He
knew she had to be just as skanky as the rest of them. Still—if he
hadn’t been in the middle of something important he might have been
more than willing to buy what she was selling.
    “ So, what do you say? Want
to get it on?” She smiled seductively.
    He was impressed that she had all her teeth,
and that they looked white.
    “ How can I resist?” He
grinned at her and winked.
    Yes, he would go with her. But not for the
reason she thought. He had seen her in his rear view mirror,
writing down his license number. And he knew that by morning the
store owner would realize the BMW had been abandoned. The police
would be called in. And when they contacted Larry, he would tell
them his wife left the cabin last night and he had not seen or
heard from her since.
    So, the police would think Erin had been
abducted from the parking lot. They wouldn’t think Larry had
anything to do with her disappearance.
    But if Candy talked to the police, his plan
would begin to unravel. She would tell them she saw Larry getting
out of the car. And had a conversation with him. They would gather
DNA evidence from the car and the cabin. And the barbecue pit.
    So, he would go to the motel with Candy. And
he might even let her earn some money.
    But she’d never get a chance to spend
it.

    Chapter 6

    Candy opened her box-shaped purse, pulled
out the key, and unlocked the door.
    Larry had been concerned that they would
have to walk through a lobby of prying eyes. How foolish of him to
think such a thing. These professionals knew what they were doing.
The room was accessible from the parking lot, at the rear of the
motel. He wondered how many men she had already brought to this
room tonight.
    She should have a business card, he thought.
Just off the top of his head he could think of some great
slogans.

    When you absolutely, positively have to get
laid.
    I deliver for you.
    Push my easy button.
    Dinging dongs since
2002 .

    She let him in, locked the door, and hooked
the chain. Then she sat her plastic-looking purse on the dresser,
flipped up the top, dropped the key in, pulled out a box of condoms
and began to walk toward him.
    Larry guessed she was between 25 and 30.
Whatever her age, he wanted her.
    Then he remembered he was still wearing his
wedding ring. Well, it wasn’t really a wedding ring, since he and
Erin never got married. But after they had been together for a year
or so, she had suggested they get matching rings. And because he
had worn it ever since, he would continue to wear it until Erin’s
killer had been caught. Ha. He sounded like O.