C.F. Fowler - Marion Rogers 01 - A Ghost's Vengeance by C.F. Fowler Page A
Authors: C.F. Fowler
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cages near where we lived when we were teenagers. Neither of us were involved in team sports but we had fun hitting baseballs.”
Bringing fresh drinks to the couple, Josh added, “Sometimes we made the guys from our school team look bad. They would come to the batting cages for additional practice.”
Gordon turned to Marion and said, “That’s impressive! Seventeen out of 20! You’d be an asset to anyone’s team, lady.”
“Not really,” Marion replied, “I throw like a girl. I never developed a proper throwing motion. But I’d make a good DH.”
A week later they attended a holiday party held at Gordon’s precinct. They agreed to tell them that Marion worked for a private detective agency and leave it at that. While some assumed her too beautiful to be a private investigator, one of Gordon’s colleagues, Detective Ted Simmons, said he could attest to it. He said she was rather extraordinarily gifted and then winked at Marion. She smiled and Gordon wondered what job she had done for Ted.
On the drive home he asked her about Ted, but she could only mention confidentiality. When Gordon asked Ted about it at work, he got a nervous smile and an invitation to get some coffee.
“What I say has to stay between us,” Ted said while sitting outside on one of the benches near the hamburger stand where they bought their coffee.
“No problem. In fact, if you’re that jittery about it, don’t tell me. I understand her line of work.”
Ted shook his head. “I needed a shortcut to close a case. Marion got me the location of some evidence I needed. She’s listed as a CI.”
“So Marion is a registered confidential informant for … for what? Asking a ghost where a body is buried?”
“Not a body, a gun, used in a murder. If the defense lawyer had asked too many questions, I’d have been up the creek without a paddle and a hole in the boat.”
Gordon smiled. “Okay, gotcha. Nothing further need be said.”
“I’m impressed with your girl there. When she says she can keep a secret, she means it!”
For New Year’s, the couple went to Santa Catalina Island. It was the perfect romantic getaway for the couple. They attended the celebration in the Casino Ballroom where black tie was optional, but they opted to go for broke. Gordon looked dashing in his tuxedo and Marion wore her little black dress with a ruby necklace and earring set. They danced in each other’s arms as the band played “You Send Me.”
With 15 minutes left before midnight, Gordon suggested they go down to the beach. The casino was crowded and Marion was happy to go. They strolled along the walkway next to the sand, listening to the celebration start in the ballroom. Marion turned to look at the ballroom and when she turned back to kiss Gordon she found he had dropped to one knee and was holding up a ring.
She gasped as he said, “Marion, since I met you I’ve come to believe anything is possible. I want to be yours for the rest of my life. Will you marry me?”
She started to cry and said, “Yes! Yes I will!”
He stood and they kissed, a much longer one than the usual New Year’s kiss. They both thought life couldn’t get any better.
Chapter 10
In March, they decided to announce their engagement to Gordon’s family. Marion had no close family since her mother had passed, but she told Gordon he had already met her family.
“The guys I work with are my family now. I’d do anything for them, and they would for me.”
They decided to keep her gift a secret as Gordon’s family was not nearly as open-minded as he was. The agency had a job in Arizona, to verify a hotel’s haunted status to make it onto a list of the most haunted buildings. Everyone went on these types of jobs so while the individual investigators did their thing, Josh could keep the owner or manager from getting in the way.
Gordon’s parents were retired and living in Gold Canyon, Arizona. It would be a perfect two-for-one trip. The hotel was
Bringing fresh drinks to the couple, Josh added, “Sometimes we made the guys from our school team look bad. They would come to the batting cages for additional practice.”
Gordon turned to Marion and said, “That’s impressive! Seventeen out of 20! You’d be an asset to anyone’s team, lady.”
“Not really,” Marion replied, “I throw like a girl. I never developed a proper throwing motion. But I’d make a good DH.”
A week later they attended a holiday party held at Gordon’s precinct. They agreed to tell them that Marion worked for a private detective agency and leave it at that. While some assumed her too beautiful to be a private investigator, one of Gordon’s colleagues, Detective Ted Simmons, said he could attest to it. He said she was rather extraordinarily gifted and then winked at Marion. She smiled and Gordon wondered what job she had done for Ted.
On the drive home he asked her about Ted, but she could only mention confidentiality. When Gordon asked Ted about it at work, he got a nervous smile and an invitation to get some coffee.
“What I say has to stay between us,” Ted said while sitting outside on one of the benches near the hamburger stand where they bought their coffee.
“No problem. In fact, if you’re that jittery about it, don’t tell me. I understand her line of work.”
Ted shook his head. “I needed a shortcut to close a case. Marion got me the location of some evidence I needed. She’s listed as a CI.”
“So Marion is a registered confidential informant for … for what? Asking a ghost where a body is buried?”
“Not a body, a gun, used in a murder. If the defense lawyer had asked too many questions, I’d have been up the creek without a paddle and a hole in the boat.”
Gordon smiled. “Okay, gotcha. Nothing further need be said.”
“I’m impressed with your girl there. When she says she can keep a secret, she means it!”
For New Year’s, the couple went to Santa Catalina Island. It was the perfect romantic getaway for the couple. They attended the celebration in the Casino Ballroom where black tie was optional, but they opted to go for broke. Gordon looked dashing in his tuxedo and Marion wore her little black dress with a ruby necklace and earring set. They danced in each other’s arms as the band played “You Send Me.”
With 15 minutes left before midnight, Gordon suggested they go down to the beach. The casino was crowded and Marion was happy to go. They strolled along the walkway next to the sand, listening to the celebration start in the ballroom. Marion turned to look at the ballroom and when she turned back to kiss Gordon she found he had dropped to one knee and was holding up a ring.
She gasped as he said, “Marion, since I met you I’ve come to believe anything is possible. I want to be yours for the rest of my life. Will you marry me?”
She started to cry and said, “Yes! Yes I will!”
He stood and they kissed, a much longer one than the usual New Year’s kiss. They both thought life couldn’t get any better.
Chapter 10
In March, they decided to announce their engagement to Gordon’s family. Marion had no close family since her mother had passed, but she told Gordon he had already met her family.
“The guys I work with are my family now. I’d do anything for them, and they would for me.”
They decided to keep her gift a secret as Gordon’s family was not nearly as open-minded as he was. The agency had a job in Arizona, to verify a hotel’s haunted status to make it onto a list of the most haunted buildings. Everyone went on these types of jobs so while the individual investigators did their thing, Josh could keep the owner or manager from getting in the way.
Gordon’s parents were retired and living in Gold Canyon, Arizona. It would be a perfect two-for-one trip. The hotel was
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