{"id":2366,"date":"2023-10-30T01:17:00","date_gmt":"2023-10-30T01:17:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/andydawkins.com\/?p=2366"},"modified":"2023-09-16T15:38:19","modified_gmt":"2023-09-16T15:38:19","slug":"chap-34-back-in-boulder","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/andydawkins.com\/?p=2366","title":{"rendered":"Chap. 34 &#8211; Back in Boulder"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Chapter 34<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong><em>Back in Boulder<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Pretty quickly, back in Boulder, Susie was on the job being a waitress-detective, gossiping with everybody, listening for any idle table chatter that might provide a clue. &nbsp;Although Charlie Furbush had not been in for some time, lots of regulars had known Charlie a long time and he was Boulder\u2019s most notorious citizen ever since his trial and acquittal.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;One cold mid-November morning, several retired guys sitting by the front window were getting refills when Susie overheard one saying, \u201cCharlie still laying low, or back in business?\u201d&nbsp; Unable to inconspicuously linger and learn more, she made a plan to be more friendly with these regulars, especially the guy who was usually first in and liked smiling and flirting with her.&nbsp; Susie had heard him referred to as \u201cthe geriatric pussy hound.\u201d&nbsp; &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; That night she called her son Joey in Vancouver and insisted he tell her what business Furbush was in besides being a hunting guide.&nbsp; \u201cWhy do you want to know Mom?&nbsp; Somebody is already dead &#8211; probably because he knew too much \u2013 just drop it!\u201d &nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chapter 34 Back in Boulder &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Pretty quickly, back in Boulder, Susie was on the job being a waitress-detective, gossiping with everybody, listening for any idle table chatter that might provide a clue. &nbsp;Although Charlie Furbush had not been in &hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"http:\/\/andydawkins.com\/?p=2366\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[22],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/andydawkins.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2366"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/andydawkins.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/andydawkins.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/andydawkins.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/andydawkins.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2366"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/andydawkins.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2366\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2369,"href":"http:\/\/andydawkins.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2366\/revisions\/2369"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/andydawkins.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2366"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/andydawkins.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2366"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/andydawkins.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2366"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}