(2006) When Crickets Cry
“Apparently, Charlie had not. At 5:30 p.m. he appeared on his dock, dressed to the nines.
"Hey, Quiet-Boy! Boy-Who-Won't-Answer-His-Phone! Boy-WhoDon't-Need-to-Be-Building-Boats! Get your butt over here and pick me up. It's dinnertime." I locked my office, where I had spent most of the day, grabbed my keys, and drove the dirt road that circled the little finger of the lake around to Charlie's front door. He stood there with Georgia, tapping his foot. He climbed in, told Georgia to "Kennel!" ...at his feet, and with a smile on his face said, "Go that way," which was opposite The Well.
"Where we going?" "To pick up some friends of mine. I'm taking all of us to dinner." I pulled over and put the stick in park, then turned to Charlie and raised my eyebrows.
He looked at me and said, "Yeah, doctors don't really like being told what to do, but you're not my doctor. Besides, if we're going on a little trip tomorrow with these people, I just thought I ought to get better acquainted with them." We rolled down into the drive where Cindy and Annie sat waiting, looking as if it were the first time anyone had invited them out to eat in their entire lives.MoreLess
"Hey, Quiet-Boy! Boy-Who-Won't-Answer-His-Phone! Boy-WhoDon't-Need-to-Be-Building-Boats! Get your butt over here and pick me up. It's dinnertime." I locked my office, where I had spent most of the day, grabbed my keys, and drove the dirt road that circled the little finger of the lake around to Charlie's front door. He stood there with Georgia, tapping his foot. He climbed in, told Georgia to "Kennel!" ...at his feet, and with a smile on his face said, "Go that way," which was opposite The Well.
"Where we going?" "To pick up some friends of mine. I'm taking all of us to dinner." I pulled over and put the stick in park, then turned to Charlie and raised my eyebrows.
He looked at me and said, "Yeah, doctors don't really like being told what to do, but you're not my doctor. Besides, if we're going on a little trip tomorrow with these people, I just thought I ought to get better acquainted with them." We rolled down into the drive where Cindy and Annie sat waiting, looking as if it were the first time anyone had invited them out to eat in their entire lives.MoreLess
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