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with his car. My real name meant this was an official visit, not that he made a habit of casual visits anyway.
    Taking a notebook out of the inside pocket of his FBI looking jacket, he asked again. “Where were you?”
    I always wondered why cops dressed as if they were headed for a funeral.
    “I was out with a friend,” I confessed.
    “Hmm.” He eyed me with a little more than professional curiosity. “Male or female,” he asked.
    “Both,” I told him, offering no further information. I had to laugh at the mixture of astonishment and fascination on his face. For the first time I could remember, Detective Riley was speechless.
    Turning my back on him, I took two cups from the cupboard and poured us both some coffee. I handed him a coffee, and kept the cup with the skull and crossbones for myself.
    Ok so I have a thing for pirates, especially the sexy kind.
    I took two big gulps of coffee, and instantly regretted my eagerness to indulge my caffeine addiction. The coffee was still too hot, so naturally it scalded the inside of my mouth.
    I drew in a deep - calming breath, hoping it would help to keep from spewing out several profanities. “Why don’t we drop the suspect interrogation charade and you can tell me what’s up. We’ll save a lot of time that way,” I told him before adding. “I really need a shower.”
    “Someone has taken Stuart Butler’s body from the morgue,” he informed me, taking a small sip of the coffee I’d given him.
    So now we have a body thief in our midst. How much more bizarre could the week get?
    “And you are questioning me … why?” I asked, taking another drink of my coffee, this time making sure I didn’t burn the crap out of myself.
    “Procedure.” His answer was short and sweet.
    Oh yes. Procedure. That was what they called it when they didn’t want you to know why you were being questioned.
    “Riley … Riley,” I said with a deep sigh, reaching over to take his hand in mine, giving him a reassuring squeeze, which resulted in an instant scowl on his part. “I wouldn’t be caught dead in a place like that … not on purpose anyway. And I sure wouldn’t be messing around with Killer Tom … the dead guy you like to call Stuart Butler.”
    Riley shook his head. “Cassie … you are seriously going to get in trouble one of these days. You don’t go around touching men like this, unless you mean business.”
    Ok then.
    Maybe I meant business - maybe I didn’t, but he didn’t have to be so mean about it. “Got it detective,” I said, giving him a mischievous smile.
    Setting his coffee cup on the counter, he gave me one of his no nonsense looks. “I’ll make you a deal.”
    Now he’d peaked my interest. Riley didn’t make deals too often.
    “If you promise not to walk through the cemetery … and to stop sleeping in your car, I won’t report any of this to your dad.”
    Sweet deal! I would have agreed to that, even without him having to resort to bribery, but I wasn’t going to tell Riley that.
    “And keep your door locked,” he added.
    Ok, now he may have been pushing his luck a little, but just a little.
     
    * * *
     
    Life is full of surprises, but I have to admit that I wasn’t too surprised when I heard a knock at my door, just as I’d settled on my couch with a bag of chips and an old rerun of the Munsters. I couldn’t get enough of the Munsters, especially Grandpa.
    Maybe if I ignored them, whoever it was would go away.
    No such luck. They knocked again. “I know you’re in there Cassie. I can hear the TV,” Shadow yelled loud enough that I could hear her through the door and over the TV.
    As much as I wanted a night all to myself, it didn’t look as if it was going to happen. Maybe having a little time so that I could reflect on the bizarre events of the last week, was too much to ask?
    “Ok, don’t wake the dead,” I answered, as I was going to the door.
    When I swung open the door, Shadow was standing there, a dark smile on her face.