He'd been hired by her old man! <br />The money was good <br />And there was plenty of it! <br />It seemed buddy had the idea <br />That his wife was foolin around on him <br />Which in itself was something <br />Trouble was... <br />He had decided a long time ago <br />(Around about the time that <br />Suzy, his new Exec. assistant, <br />had strolled into his life...) <br /> <br />He had decided, <br />That the first 'little woman' <br />Had to go, one way <br />Or another <br /> <br />And so... <br />It began <br />The investigation that is... <br />He'd been hired by her old man <br />To paint a dirty picture <br />To dig up dirt that he <br />Was convinced was there... <br />Somewhere... <br />'Start' he had said... <br />'With her poetry chat room <br />She's on there for hours a day! ! ' <br /> <br />So... <br />He watched at first, and it was painful <br />Not being the artsy, fartsy type himself <br />It was all he could stomach to read some of this drivel! ! <br />'Love this...life that...suicide... smattered here and there' <br />It was as painful <br />As having bamboo slivers <br />Shoved under fingernails <br />With a manicure thrown in <br />As insult to injury! ! <br /> <br />Two weeks into the job <br />He'd gotten to know her patterns fairly well <br />Friday nights, day time hours <br />She had some friends on there <br />And they read each other's poetry <br />But he had a tough time <br />Finding anyone special <br />In her life <br />So he decided to push the envelope... <br />Just ever so... <br /> <br />To be continued...<br /><br />Dee Daffodil<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/just-a-gumshoe-part-2/
