At Ease With the Dead
“Fifty feet farther along, the Subaru was parked at an angle across the track, blocking it. The road had been bulldozed from the flank of the hill, leaving a rocky slope climbing up from one side and a steep cliff falling off to the other; anyone driving from either direction would have to stop. Hidden behind the rock, I was positioned at the spot where the driver of the Malibu would first see the wagon, just as he rounded the curve.
When he stopped, even for only a moment, I could reach him. If... he figured it out, threw the car into reverse before I could get there, I could hit one of his tires with a shot from the .38. With five shots, at six or seven feet, I figured I could handle a tire.
This ought to work.
Daniel Begay was off in the rocks up ahead, beyond the Subaru. I’d asked him to stay there. In case this didn’t work.
He had calmly assured me that if things went sour, if something happened to me, he’d be able to walk crosscountry to the house of a Navajo he knew.
“Not far away,”MoreLess
When he stopped, even for only a moment, I could reach him. If... he figured it out, threw the car into reverse before I could get there, I could hit one of his tires with a shot from the .38. With five shots, at six or seven feet, I figured I could handle a tire.
This ought to work.
Daniel Begay was off in the rocks up ahead, beyond the Subaru. I’d asked him to stay there. In case this didn’t work.
He had calmly assured me that if things went sour, if something happened to me, he’d be able to walk crosscountry to the house of a Navajo he knew.
“Not far away,”MoreLess
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