THE CLUB - ANGIE BARTONI CASE FILE

by Marshall Huffman

  “Not as serious as prison, where he belongs,” I fumed.

  “Let it go Bartoni. Oh, by the way, Doctor Rotelli really didn’t know about the Senator. All that for nothing.”

  “Well at least you and Brad got Dillon and Snodgrass and that should be the end of them.”

  “I’m pretty sure they will never see the light of day again. I would be surprised if they lived long enough to be tried in another country,” he said, heading out the door.

  A few minutes later I was all alone and just starting to drift off when a familiar voice said, “We have to stop meeting like this.”

  I opened my eyes and saw Doctor Warman standing there with a huge bouquet of flowers.

  “Hey Ben. It is really great to see you. I’ve been lying here thinking about you.”

  “Oh? Really?”

  “Yeah. When I’m up and around I want us to spend more time together if that is alright with you.”

  “Wow. You should jump out of a window more often.”

  I laughed. He was right. It always seemed that death had to come calling before I got off my butt and did something. It was time to get off the pot. Ben was a good man and I was stupid for being so afraid to take a chance.

  “I’m serious. Just as soon as I am up and around.”

  “Angie that would be absolutely delightful. You know you are going to be down for a while. You have to follow your doctor’s instructions. You’re lucky you didn’t do more damage to that knee,” he scolded.

  “Doctor, I will follow your instructions to the letter.”

  “Good. Give me a kiss,” he said grinning.

  For once I followed instructions.

  - CASE CLOSED -

  Marshall W. Huffman never considered being a published author. Most of his writing was for personal satisfaction. His wife, Susan, talk him into submitting his work for publication but the idea of rejection deterred him. It wasn’t until 2012 that he finally gave in and at her insistence e-published his first book, THE END. That almost turned out to be a disaster when he accidently published the rough draft instead of the finished book. After that little setback and of course, republishing the finished manuscript, his writing career has since taken off.

  Marshall’s first trilogy is THE EVENT and consists of THE END, THE BEGINNING, and THE REVELATION. This was followed by a second trilogy called: THE SECOND CIVIL WAR and consist of Book I – A NATION DIVIDED; Book II – A NATION AT WAR and the conclusion, Book III – A NATION HEALING.

  He has also published a series of mysteries entitled: THE ANGIE BARTONI CASE FILES with a central cast of characters. In addition, he has two other series entitled: THE NORRIS FILES with its own set of central characters and THE LOGAN FILES. He enjoys writing mysteries, techno-thrillers, and Si-Fi.

  His Sci-Fi books THE BRINK – DEEP FLIGHT ; BLACKSTAR, and CLOSE PROXIMITY are intense techno-thrillers with Si-Fi intertwined. His latest addition is CHIMERA. It is a look at what could well happen if we don’t stop twisting science in perverted way.

  Marshall was born in Bainbridge, Georgia and grew up in Indiana. After spending eight years in the Navy, he attended Ball State University, earning a B.S. degree in Business.

  During and after college, he was involved in the restaurant business and spent the next twenty-five years in all types of venues, eventually owing his own fine dining restaurant. After years of long hours he decided on a career change. He attended Eastern Illinois University earning a MBA. Because of his business background, Eastern Illinois University asked him to teach in the hospitality management program. He was recruited from Eastern to Parkland College and soon took over as the Program Director for the Hospitality Program. During his tenure there, he became a chef and had a television show called Cooking around the World with Chef Marshall and taught a series of cooking classes for Continuing Education as well.

  Professor Huffman retired from teaching along with his wife, Dr. Susan Huffman, to Tampa Bay Florida.

  You can find his books under: MARSHALL HUFFMAN at Amazon.com. http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss_1?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=marshall%20huffman&sprefix=marshall+h%2Caps&rh=i%3Aaps%2Ck%3Amarshall%20huffman