Chapter 6

Ed awoke in the morning shortly after the sun started pouring through the patio door leading to the balcony. The sun was striking him right in the eyes. It took several seconds for him to remember why he was sleeping on the couch. He rolled over and pulled the blanket up to his chin and closed his eyes. After fighting a losing battle to try and fall back asleep, he got up and started the coffee pot. Ed sat at the table in a half-asleep state waiting for the coffee to perk. Ed is one of those types that wander around in a daze until after the second cup of coffee, no matter how much sleep he had gotten the night before. The coffee pot quieted down and Ed got up and poured himself a cup of coffee. He drank the hot brew as fast as humanly possible and refilled his cup. The second cup was sipped a little slower and the caffeine started to hit his brain and shake out the cobwebs.

The events of the previous night were coming back to him and he was as confused as he had been last night. Something was not right with the entire situation. Why would George Bynum hire him to follow a girlfriend when he had a wife? Why would someone kill Bynum? Did the killing have anything to do with the girlfriend? Who had the pictures, Bynum, others, what about the police? Did the wife know about the girlfriend? Did the wife kill Bynum? Did the other men in the pictures kill Bynum? Was Bynum also blackmailing the men in the pictures? Did the police know the girlfriend's name yet? Was she the prime suspect? Ed put his face in his hands. The most important question was why was he getting involved in this mess?

Ed got up to check on the woman in his bed. He knocked softly and, hearing no answer, looking into the room. The woman had thrown the covers off during the night and was lying on her back with one leg hanging off of the bed. The shirt had come unbuttoned and had fallen open reveling her to his gaze. He went over to the bed and covered her again and left the room, pulling the door shut behind him.