As the Crow Flies
As the Crow Flies
“I would look at anything to avoid watching Clarence Last Bull cry.
Long had offered him coffee, offered him donuts, and even offered to let him go to the bathroom, but all Last Bull said was that he wanted to die.
I wanted to die just watching him.
The chief went so far as to get a box of tissues from God knows where, then placed it on his lap over the inert hands that draped between his legs.
I pushed the folding chair that I had been sitting on against the wall and went to the... hallway with the man’s file under my arm, Long following me. We stood there, the chief with her arms folded and me sipping my coffee.
Her voice was gruff, but I could see that she was a little shaken. “How long is this going to take?”
I dropped my head and took a deep breath. “As long as it takes.”
We waited there like that for a good ten minutes, neither of us saying anything, just listening.MoreLess
Long had offered him coffee, offered him donuts, and even offered to let him go to the bathroom, but all Last Bull said was that he wanted to die.
I wanted to die just watching him.
The chief went so far as to get a box of tissues from God knows where, then placed it on his lap over the inert hands that draped between his legs.
I pushed the folding chair that I had been sitting on against the wall and went to the... hallway with the man’s file under my arm, Long following me. We stood there, the chief with her arms folded and me sipping my coffee.
Her voice was gruff, but I could see that she was a little shaken. “How long is this going to take?”
I dropped my head and took a deep breath. “As long as it takes.”
We waited there like that for a good ten minutes, neither of us saying anything, just listening.MoreLess
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