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Now, those details I've been meaning to give you. First of all, I want to give you a better idea of the people we're working with here. I can't provide photographs and I'm certainly not an artist, so i'm going to try an paint you a picture with words as best I can.
My client, Suzette Conley, is a middle-aged lady who stands at 5'3" tall and is thin enough that you'd think a gentle breeze would snap her in half. She's a really nice lady, but don't let her appearance fool you: she's got a lot of attitude and doesn't put up with anyone's bullshit. She's pretty pale, with brown eyes and black hair that hangs down clear to the middle of her back, usually pulled up in a bun for convenience.
The first suspect, Ward Carver, is an older-looking guy who stands about 6'1" and seems like he's nearly as wide as he is tall, but that shouldn't fool you into thinking he's out of shape. He may look a little rotund but he's actually a really strong guy; you have to be strong if you work in the mines. He's got medium brown skin and black hair and sports a pretty scruffy-looking beard. As I mentioned in my first post, he's got a bad temper on him and a sense of entitlement to rival that of the entire Espinoza family line.
Next is Max and Jodie Britt. Max Britt looks a lot older than he really is, probably from a combination of drug abuse and the general state of living in West District. He's about my height, 5'7"-ish, blonde, and looks like he could use a few good meals. I can't really tell the natural color of his skin because he's got this weird, pallid, ashy tone to him from using for so long, but I think he's white? I'm really not sure. Word on the street is that he's actually a pretty nice guy so long as he's riding a high, but he gets really grouchy and lashes out at people when he's not getting his fix. Jodie's a wee little thing, only 5'1" or so, with that same pallid skin as her husband, but she's got almond-shaped eyes that i believe to be brown. I couldn't get a consistent review of her personality from anyone, so I don't know what to tell you; seems she has pretty intense mood swings.
The first of the last group of suspects is Bertha Bailey. She's a dark-skinned girl who stands at about 5'6", with long, black hair and dark eyes. She waitresses at Murry's, and I stopped in there while I was shadowing her to see if I could learn anything about her. She seems like a pretty genuinely friendly person, though I heard her give the cook a real venomous earful while I was there, so I don't know for certain if that's an act of not. Chet Hickman is Bertha's boyfriend. He's about 6'1" tall, buzzed hair, built pretty well, white but tanned. He bartends at Bar None with his buddy Marty, and they both seemed pretty jovial, but they also work for tips, so who knows. People around town seem to think the whole lot of them are pretty cool people, when they aren't fighting with each other and getting the cops called over to their place. Marty Bo Lancaster is the polar opposite to his friend Chet. He's only about 5'8", skinny as a rail, longsish, shaggy brown hair, glasses, caramel skin. The girls at the bar were all but falling at his feet, he's that kind of handsome. His girlfriend is Tami Orr, a light-skinned girl, stands about 5'5", brown hair, blue eyes, pretty unremarkable in appearance but was really friendly and engaging when I went into Mullins' and she was my waitress.
Suzette's got the apartment all scheduled to be listed in the classifieds tomorrow morning, so I'm going to be staking the place out all night and into Monday morning, when she'll be taking me for a "showing." I'll let you know what happens when I get home, hopefully Monday afternoon.
Wish me luck.
-Sam Marconi, PI