Surprise Melody Flintkote. Part Two
Copyright© 2019 by Old Man with a Pen
Chapter 12
The knock on the door came a couple of days after I spoke to the Everyboat Insurance receptionist ... who assured me that Mr. Arbuthnot was perfectly fine.
“There wasn’t anything he struck on the way down, Miss Flintkote. He just ‘wilted.’ I’m calling our Hong Kong office. An adjuster will contact you soon. May I have your current address?”
“Mr. Kwan? Would you speak to the lady?”
Information soon passed, the call disconnected and I resumed fretting.
Oh ... I wasn’t brooding over the boat ... Winnie. Ah, yes. Winnie. Winnie hadn’t called ... visited ... or messaged me by bicycle courier. I did receive a dozen red roses the morning after ... no card. Probably sent by his appointments secretary ... if by Winnie at all. Nor had Lady Victoria called.
Mr. Kwan answered the door.
“I’ll see. Wait here.”
“Miss Flintkote?” He handed me a card.
Everyboat Insurance Insurance for Murphy. William W. McWilliams Agent. There was an address that made no sense to me other than Guangningmen, (the seventh gate) Beijing.
William W. McWilliams, “Call me Billy” was a six foot five inch tall Scot wearing the Black Watch Argyll jacket, vest, black satin bow tie, wing collar cotton shirt, sporran and chain, kilt pin and Sgian Dhu, black leather kilt belt and buckle, tartan flashes, kilt hose, black ghillie brogues and kilt hanger of a Scotsman without clan.
Oh ... the Gods! He certainly was pretty! Mr. McWilliams and his coal black hair impressed the daylights out of me. And then he spoke. A deep bass.
“Miss Flintkote?”
Winnie who?
This was a man ... MAN.
There’s no doubt about it, girl. You need to get laid! I thought. And soon! I spritzed in my nether parts.
“Yes.”
“You’ve had an accident with your boat?”
“I suppose.” I replied.
“Bump something? Scratched the gel-coat?”
“We should go look. JW?! I’m going to look at the boat. Want to come with?”
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