At Granny's House Page #3

paying attention.

I should've seen you coming.

Distracted?

I guess you could say that.

And your wife?

She finally fell asleep.

Finished her phone calls?

No...

Not now.

Your wife is a problem.

Tomorrow?

Wow, this is tasty, what

do you call this again?

Scrapple, an old family recipe.

What'cha think

hon, good stuff huh?

Yeah.

She's not much of

a morning person.

Neither am I, I

made this last night.

So, what are your plans?

Well, I've been

thinking about that.

I think we should

stay another day.

What, why would we stay here?

I mean it's nice here and

all, but, we have plans,

right?

Well as always you're right,

but you do have a lot of

e-mails to catch up on.

And the signal is good here.

So, spend the day, relax.

Take care of business.

Okay, one night, that's it.

Okay, that should

be all we need.

Well, that's it for me.

Time for my long winter's nap.

Nighty night, folks.

Oh thank god.

I thought that show

would never end.

All about murder and CSI.

I'm probably gonna

have nightmares.

Oh honey.

I can fix that.

Fix what?

Your nightmares.

I have a surprise for you.

What?

Meet me downstairs, 15 minutes.

Oh, there you are.

It's about time.

Movie night.

You're kidding right?

Someone else's home movies?

This is your big surprise?

Come on, it will be great,

we'll watch perfect

strangers, you love that.

Strange maybe,

perfect, doubtful.

There you go, have a seat.

Okay, but if I fall

asleep, don't let me drool.

Perish the thought.

We were in

love, it was beautiful.

So, how are you

settling in downstairs?

Quite well, thanks.

I'm in the guest room, but

if we have any free bedders,

I just move the air mattress

into the living room.

Hmm.

And I wanna thank you

again for having me here.

I think it's gonna be

a good place for me.

Too bad about your wife.

Yeah, that was tough.

But we've been growing

apart for years.

I should've seen it coming.

Hmm, so many people

split up nowadays,

I just don't understand it.

What have you heard from her?

Let's see, where do

you want her to be?

Last I saw on

Facebook she was in L.A.

Does she know anyone there?

No.

She's never been there.

East coaster all her life.

That's a good place for her.

Fresh start.

Good cell service.

What's next?

We post some stock pictures

from L.A., Hollywood,

whatever, every once in a while.

Post some generic

status messages.

"Looking for a new place!"

"Oh, great restaurant!"

That kinda stuff.

How long do we have to do that?

Not too long.

People don't pay

that much attention.

She worked in nonprofits right?

Yeah.

Oh, perfect.

She'll get a do-gooder

job overseas.

Will fall off the grid,

won't have time for friends.

That happens all the time.

And that's that!

You are a genius.

You inspire me.

Granny didn't say a word.

I made Rebecca happy, and

that was enough for her.

At first.

Is Becca here?

Shopping.

Uhm, I usually watch

the news right now.

Really?

I like Seinfeld.

Guess we'll just

have to take turns.

Am I in your chair?

Oh, sorry about that.

I'll be done in a jiffy.

Ri, r-i?

Yep, look it up.

What the hell does that mean?

Are you challenging?

Never mind.

Ah, my turn.

S-l-i-t.

Slit, I guess we

know that means huh?

Any new bed requests?

Not yet.

Hmm, too bad.

Indeed.

Always nice to meet new people.

Ah, got one.

I got one!

Oh...

Yes.

Nicely done, love.

Hello?

Hello ma'am,

is this Marion Rogers?

Yes, it sure is.

What can I do for you?

Ma'am my name is

boarstag, I'm investigating

the whereabouts

of Linda steiner.

Hello ma'am?

Oh, I'm sorry, I was

just thinking of your name.

How do you spell that?

B-o-a-r-s-t-a-g.

It's Lithuanian.

Why isn't that interesting,

I've never heard a name

like that before, it's...

yes ma'am, it's unusual.

Now about miss steiner.

Oh, I'm so sorry, I

drifted there a bit.

Happens when you're

my age, you know.

Yes ma'am, I understand

she and her husband

visited you.

Yes, they did.

Quite some time ago now.

Late may perhaps?

That sounds about right.

And you say this

woman is missing?

Yes ma'am.

Since shortly after

her visit with you.

Well, I'm very

sorry to hear that.

I sure hope you find her.

Thank you ma'am.

Ma'am would you mind if come by

and talk to you about this?

Stop by, my house?

Yes, ma'am, I could

be there in an hour

if that suits.

An hour?

I'll be there in an hour.

He's looking for Linda.

Ladies, I'm lavrans boarstag.

Thank you ma'am.

That was very tasty.

Oh, you can call me Marion.

So, the steiners

found you on uh,

now what did you

call that site again?

Myfreebed.Com.

That's an interesting idea.

Do you get many visitors

from that site to you?

Oh, not that many.

We're kind of out of the way.

Hmm...

So the steiners found

you through this site,

and then what happened?

Well, they arrived

a bit late one night.

We had a nice chat, and they

left pretty early the next day.

Sweet couple.

They said they were headed west.

L.A. I think.

Interesting.

Why is that?

Well that doesn't jive with

what they told their friends.

Really?

Really.

Told them they were

heading out to Texas.

Miss steiner had a job

interview out there.

Maybe a change of plans.

They did seem kind of flighty,

if you know what I mean.

Perhaps.

So you haven't seen

either of the steiners

since they left your place?

After one night?

No.

I see.

Hey ma'am is that

your garage out back?

I asked miss Rogers.

Yes.

That buick park Avenue,

Virginia vanity plate "de

menos", is that your car?

You know it's not.

It belongs to the steiners.

My gosh.

They leave here walking?

Of course not,

they took the bus.

They left the car behind?

Do you find that unusual?

They were an unusual couple.

So you say.

Well.

I'll be needing to

look at the car.

Oh, one more thing.

Mr. steiner.

What about him?

He does it consulting, so

he's on his computer a lot.

So?

His e-mail address

and his ip headers

come back to this area.

Yesterday.

Ladies.

Ted steiner's still here.

Of course not, we

told you they left.

Yes ma'am, I know.

Well, mind if I

have a look around?

I don't think

that's gonna be ne...

I can do it now, or I can

come back with the police.

But that's your choice.

Of course, we have

nothing to hide.

Your room upstairs?

No.

More private down

there I suppose.

Of course, be my guest.

I'll stay up here

if you don't mind.

Your room?

May I?

Everybody needs a hobby.

Mr. steiner I presume?

Owh!

You needed a knife.

Bastard kicked me.

Let me guess.

You showed him old home movies?

That's when everything changed.

Is that enough?

I don't know, I hope so.

It depends on who

he might have told.

Did you check his phone?

You know I did, you saw me.

I saw you look at

it, did you check it?

Do you wanna do it next time?

No, I'm just saying

we have to be thorough.

Oh, yes, thorough.

Who forgot to take

care of their car?

Or mask their ip address?

Who was that?

You're right.

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