The Importance of Being Ernest

(the above title was adapted from the original by Oscar Wilde. It is not a spelling error)

I stared at the plane ticket to Key West and took the cigar out of my mouth. "All I gotta do is go to this address and pick up some papers?"

The lawyer a stack of hundreds across the desk. "A manuscript. It's very important to my client."

I sifted through the bills. There had to be five thousand dollars. Clients as flush as this one don't usually go slumping on Mariposa Street to find a PI. It made me suspicious. "I'd like more details before I stick my neck out."

to be continued....