“Did you see the man it belongs to?”he asked.
She frowned, folding her arms across her chest.“I assumed you owned it.”
Romeo shook his head.
“It’s been there since I got home at 6:00,” she said.“I don’t know who it belongs to, but if I’d had seen them, I would’ve told them they can’t park there.They need a permit to park along here,” she pointed to the nearby sign illuminated by a streetlight.“Residents only, and this car ...well, I don’t recognize it.It needs to be moved.”
Romeo turned his back on the woman before glancing up and down the road.“Water...”
“What was that?”she shouted.
He almost walked away without asking, but glanced at her over his shoulder.
“Where’s the closest body of water?”
He didn’t expect a reply, the trap seemed the more likely option, but he frowned when he got one.
“That’ll be the fishing lake, four hundred yards in that direction,”
Romeo twisted around to see where she was pointing.
“A fishing lake?”
“Yes.“
“Why the hell would he be at a fishing lake?”
He rubbed his brow, remembering what Chad had told him earlier.Josh had invited him over to his flat for pizza.He wanted to tell Chad about a disaster date with his new girlfriend, Angel.There was no mention of fishing, unless they’d changed the plan.
“Are you moving this car or not?”
“Not,” Romeo replied before jogging back to the taxi.He jumped in the back, ignoring the middle finger from the woman, but the taxi driver honked his horn and gestured out of the window at her on Romeo’s behalf.
“Where to now?”the driver asked.
“The fishing lake.”
“It’s a bit late for fishing.”
“I just want to drive by it.”
“The Harley.”
“What?”
“The Harley.It’s the name of the lake.They’ve got some good size carp in it, caught a pike once.”
“Is it dangerous?”Romeo asked, leaning between the seats.
“Well, I wouldn’t want to be bitten by one, put it that way.”
Romeo curled his hand into his seat.“I meant the lake.”
“Oh.It’s deep, if that’s what you mean.But the place is well maintained.”He shrugged.“It’s one of the better ones.”
Romeo slumped back in his seat, frowning.
It didn’t make any sense.
