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“Yes, with his luggage tag on it.”
“All right, I want you to pack everything you think belongs to Eddie and take it out of here when you go home tonight.”
“Then what?”
“Then give the suitcase to your butler and tell him to store it. Then figure out how Eddie got a key to my house.”
“I think I’ve already figured that out,” she said sheepishly.
“How?”
“I had new keys made, and I put them in the desk drawer in the library at my house. There’s one missing, and Eddie must have it.”
“Okay. When you’re done packing, go to the alarm master control and change the password for entry.” He gave her a new password. “Then tell everybody who should know what the new code is.”
“Okay.”
“And if you see Eddie, get my key back from him, as well as your house key. Shoot him, if you have to.”
“I’d love to shoot him,” she said. “Can I shoot to kill?”
“No, too much paperwork. Just scare the shit out of him.”
A few minute later, Joan walked past his office and held up Eddie’s suitcase for him to see.
“Jesus, it’s alligator! Remind me, we did cut his allowance in half until we get his bail back, right?”
“We certainly did.” She moved on to her office. Shortly, she buzzed Stone.
“Yes?”
“Dino for you on one.”
“I nailed the bastard,” Stone said.
“Which bastard?”
“Eddie Jr. We found some of his clothes in Peter’s suite. The son of a bitch has been living here!”
“That would explain why he’s been so hard to find,” Dino said. “He wasn’t at the Athletic Club, either, and we’ve run out of clubs he belongs to.”
“Well, I can tell you, he doesn’t belong tothisclub anymore.”
“Dinner, Clarke’s, seven?”
“You’re on.” They both hung up.
—
Stone got there first and ordered drinks for both of them. He had drunk half his bourbon before Dino showed.
Dino held the Scotch up to the light. “There’s a layer of dust on my drink,” he said.
“Next time, don’t be late, and you’ll have no dust problems,” Stone replied.
“Why are you so grouchy tonight?” Dino asked.
“It’s Eddie Jr. He’s driving me nuts. Can you think of some reason to arrest him?”
