Scottsdale Squeeze: a romantic light-hearted murder mystery (Laura Black Mysteries Book 2) by B A Trimmer

the last to leave. He stood there, watching and sipping his coffee while she moaned and screamed.”
    “As far as I know, the Simpsons are still together,” Sophie said. “Go figure.”
    Lenny’s door opened. We all turned and watched as a woman walked out. She looked to be in her early twenties and was bone thin. She was wearing a low cut white knit top, no bra, a short see-through Indian cotton paisley skirt, and a pair of nice gold chain sandals. She had limp dishwater-blonde hair hanging down over her face. She had no make-up on except around her eyes, where she had used way too much.
    Even as I looked at this train wreck of a girl, the thing that immediately hit me was her perfume. Smelling it quickly made my eyes water and my stomach tighten. It was a cross between burning garbage and stale dog pee. I knew it would have some name like Summer Musk and it would cost about twelve dollars a bottle.
    We all stood there looking at each other. Finally, Gina held out her hand and Amber shook it limply.
    “Hi Amber, I’m Gina, one of the investigators here. This is Laura and Sophie. They also work here. And, this is Annie. She’s helping us with an assignment.”
    Annie smiled, then held up her hand and finger waved to her.
    “Great, my coworkers,” Amber said with an uninterested tone to her voice.
    “What’s your degree in?” Gina asked.
    “I don’t have one. Actually, I dropped out of college a couple of months ago. School was such a hassle and my professors were all idiots. I couldn’t see the point of doing all that homework. It’s not like I don’t have a life, you know?”
    “Do you have any legal experience?” Gina asked.
    “I’ve gotten a butt load of parking tickets, you know.” She said, laughing like a donkey while she elbowed me in the arm.
    “Do you know how to use a computer?” Sophie asked.
    “Sure, I have an X-Box. I’m excellent at Skyrim .”
    “Know how to use any of the Office software?
    “No, but I’ll probably pick it up pretty quick. Look at all the morons who use that stuff, it can’t be too hard, you know?”
    She laughed her donkey laugh and elbowed me again. I had a pleasant vision of grabbing her stringy blonde hair and slamming her face against the top of Sophie’s desk. I thought one slam probably wouldn’t be enough. I’d probably need two or three really good face slams to shut her up.
    “Did Lenny tell you what your duties would be?” Sophie asked.
    “Oh, I know what my duties will be. And, from what happened during our interview, it looks like it’ll take me about thirty seconds, two or three times a week, for me to do my job, you know?
    “Umm, there’s an empty cubicle you can use in the back offices,” Sophie said. “If you want to get started. I’ll be glad to show you the computer and filing systems.”
    Amber started to laugh her donkey laugh again. I half expected her to start braying and kicking.
    “Filing? You’ve gotta be shitting me. I’m Lenny’s new executive personal assistant. All I’m supposed to do is hang around the office and wait for him to call me. When he goes to court, I’ll carry his briefcase. When he travels, I’ll go along and see to his personal needs. I don’t do filing. Sorry, but I have a nail appointment in a half an hour, so I’m outta here. I told Lenny I also need a personal day off tomorrow. He said it was fine with him.”
    She turned and walked out the front door. If it hadn’t been for the lingering stench of her perfume, I’d have sworn she’d been a mirage. I looked over at Gina and I saw she was getting angry.
    “Where’s my gun?” Gina asked. “I’m gonna shoot Lenny.”
    I told Annie to wait while the three of us went into Lenny’s office. He was sitting behind his desk with a dazed and slightly confused look on his face. The nasty odor of Amber’s perfume hung in the air.
    “What happened in here?” Gina asked, now sounding a little pissed.
    Gina is the only one I know who can talk to Lenny