Hired by a young man to find out why his fiancee ran away roadie / PI Lenny Parker finds her quickly and sees her drive away with a big black man who turns out to be a pimp called Larry Thunder. For earlier episodes click here.
FIVE
Lenny managed to work out a plan
with Casey. She had nothing to do that morning and offered her help. Like most
of the others in the band she liked the excitement of helping a real PI with
his work. Since Lenny was the closest to one they knew they chipped in every
now and then when Lenny needed some help on a case.
Lenny had parked his car across
the street from Larry Thunder’s place, a bungalow in the heart of Northpark.
The neighborhood didn’t look like it had a lot pimps living there. Obviously,
Larry was a very successful pimp.
Lenny was watching the bungalow
from the car, using the powerful zoom lens of his Nikon. Casey was sitting next
to him, eating a bag of Cheetos.
“I can see Larry is in there. Looks
like he’s playing around with an iPad. No sign of Jill but it’s hard to look
inside,” Lenny said.
“That’s where I come in, right?” Casey
said.
“I’m not really sure if it’s such
a good idea you suggested. Thunder is a really nasty guy, you know. And he’s
got a history of hurting women. Also, I’m not sure he’s going to believe you in
the role you want to play.”
“Trust me. I can take of myself
and I’m probably a better actress than you think. For one, I’ve been pretending
to be straight for the first sixteen years of my life with big success.”
She wiped her Cheetos-stained
hands on my jeans and left the car. Lenny watched her walk over to the door to
Thunder’s bungalow and ring the bell. It took a few minutes before the door was
opened and Thunder appeared in the doorway. He was shirtless, his muscles
impressive. A gold chain was around his neck. Lenny watched Casey do her act, playing
the part of a beauty product saleswoman, asking for the lady of the house.
Thunder just shook his head. Casey
brushed a hand through her hair and change her posture, sticking out her boobs,
her shirt lifting just high enough to show her belly button. The full charm
offensive. Lenny worried Thunder might want to put Casey into his stable so to
speak.
After a brief conversation the
door was shut and Casey was left alone on the doorstep. She walked back to the
car and got in.
“Maybe you should have thought about
bringing some samples or something to sell the act a little bit better,” Lenny
suggested.
“Fuck that. He told me there were
no ladies in his home. When I flirted with him a bit, suggesting he’d offer me
a drink he didn’t blink. Guess he’s not straight either,” Casey said.
“I think he’s just used to seeing
a lot of hot women, being a pimp and all. Don’t take it personally.”
Casey leaned back. “Right. So now
what do we do?”
“I guess we wait. He has to leave
the house sometime. We try and find Jill then,” Lenny said.
“Cool. Put on some Death Angel
then,” Casey said.
“Sure,” Lenny said and fiddled
with the buttons of the car stereo, looking for the right MP3.
“Lenny?” Casey said.
“Yeah, just a minute,” Lenny
said, continuing to search through the playlist of his stereo.
“Lenny?”
“Yeah, yeah. Hang on.”
“LENNY!” Casey yelled.
“What?” Lenny said, slightly annoyed
and looked up at Casey. Casey was pointing out the window.
Lenny looked out of the window
and say Larry Thunder walk over, a big gun in his hand. Lenny knew it was a
Desert Eagle from one of his favorite PS4 games.
“Shit! Shit!” Lenny said.
Thunder pointed the gun at the
car and yelled at them. Lenny was pretty sure it was something like, “Get the
fuck outta here.”
Maybe it wasn’t the smartest move
to park in front of Thunder’s home in the same car he used when he first encountered
the pimp. Lenny thought it best to follow Thunder’s advice and indeed got the
fuck out of there, driving away with rubber burning.
