"Wow. I think it would make a great story, Kirk!" Mindy grinned at Kirk Channing, her latest roommate and newest boyfriend. It felt weird having a boyfriend at the advanced age of 34. It felt even weirder to have a younger boyfriend but Mindy supposed that the older she got, the younger her boyfriends might get too. Sort of like some kind of sliding geometric scale. Math had never been her strong point but so far Mindy liked having a younger boyfriend. Kirk was a lot more fun and far more energetic than her last boyfriend had been. "A haunted house, complete with a clue made out of marbles that the victim left behind. I can't believe I never heard about all this before. I think we should put it in the paper. Would your mom agree to an interview?"
"Are you out of your mind?" Kirk asked, alarmed. "No way would Mom want this in the paper. She's freaking out enough as it is."
"But why? She doesn't own the house and she wasn't there when Mary Austin was murdered. So what's the big deal?"
"I just don't think she'd want to be in the paper. People would come over and want to look at her garage and they'd tell her stuff about the woman who lived there." Kirk shook his head. "Forget it."
Mindy disagreed but she kept her mouth shut. After working for the Schuyler Square Times since getting out of college, she had learned that it was best not to push a reluctant source. She changed the subject. "So when are you going to meet your dad?" Now that would make a good story. She still couldn't believe that her new boyfriend's real father was the vaunted Ron Schuyler. Not that she'd ever put that creep up on a pedastal like the rest of the town had. Everyone in Schuyler Square acted as if the Schuylers were a different breed of humans than everyone else. Not Mindy. If anything, she'd always thought the Schuylers were pretty damn tacky.
Still, the mercenary, materialistic part of her had to admit that it was pretty cool that the guy she was living with had a super rich daddy, even if said daddy was a first class jerk. After trying to scrape by on the salary she got from the paper it was nice to think about Kirk possibly inheriting millions some day.
"Whenever he wants to, I guess. Mom said he doesn't seem to interested."
"Well, his wife did get kidnapped," Mindy pointed out. "He's had other things on his mind."
"I've been in Schuyler Square for a month and his wife was kidnapped last week. He's had plenty of time to get in touch with me."
Mindy felt sorry for Kirk. It had to suck to have a dad who didn't want to see you. Maybe she could do something about that. Maybe she should pay a visit on Ron Schuyler, let him know what she knew and then get the father and son reunion ball rolling. Mindy was planning on talking to the Schuyler's anyway as a follow-up to Mavis's kidnapping. Not that any of them would be cooperative but it would be the perfect time to get ol' Ron alone and tell him congratulations on his new son.
She smiled to herself a touch wickedly. It was about time the high and mighty Ron Schuyler had a reality check and she was just the one to make it happen.
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