Instructions

After the Longmires leave your boss rises and leans against his desk.

"Between you and me Pedro, that couple have a lot to learn about hormonal teenage girls," he says. "Especially ones with more money than brains. I think the girl got away from home for the first time and fell in with some girls with a little more experience, tried a little off the reservation sex, and started acting snotty. She wouldn't be the first and sure won't be the last. But there's money in this. Good money. I tried to talk them out of it but they insisted. Wrote a check for a big retainer. I need the Pedro Calvera that can get to the root of the matter, one way or the other."

"Last time I checked Skipper, I was the only Pedro Calvera you employ."

"Exactly. Get yourself up to the school on Saturday. There'll be a job there waiting for you. You need to snoop around, keeping undercover, find out what you can, and send daily reports. I'm guessing there's nothing to it, but take your time and make sure. Here's the background I had put together," he hands you a folder. "Staff bios, lists of students, and all the news stories on the kid's ****. Fell off an overpass in front of a train. Squashed flatter than a bug on a windshield. Coroners inquest said accident and there was no follow up, although I think the cops have their doubts. And there's one last thing," he pauses, smiling, as though waiting to deliver a punch line. You shrug, waiting for him to enlighten you.

"This roommate, Theresa Maglio. Parents dead, lives with her grandfather in New York. Rings no bells? Let me help you. Her grandfather is Vincent Maglio."

"Vinnie Mags?" you exclaim in surprise. "Head of the Tortella family? That Vincent Maglio?"

"The very same. It may mean nothing, it may mean everything. Mobsters have hormonal children just like everyone else. A bunch of horny girls sharing their fuck stories to a chatroom, wouldn't be the first time. That one of them is a mob bosses granddaughter might be just a side bar. Maybe not. You go down there and work your magic. Take your time and do a thorough job. The Longmire meter is running and it's got a long life."