At First Sight (2008)
“He looked tired and drawn sitting in his car in front of my house. He had lost weight, and I could see new lines framing his mouth, cutting the skin around his eyes. As I looked at him sitting there, smiling, ready to tell me his good news, I wondered if I could go through another meeting where some promising clue he found turned into a disappointing dead end.
"Come inside, I've got some coffee on:" I told him.
"No, no . . . I wanta get going. Got me two hundred miles t'go, and I want t'get the...re 'fore it gets too late." He leaned over and opened the passenger door, so I slid in. The car smelled like fried grease and old socks. Since Althea died, Bob had fewer and fewer nights when he went home. He had turned his car into temporary living quarters. I suspected he was either sleeping in the backseat or on a couch at the precinct house.
"Let's hear the news," I said, trying to keep it upbeat, while not expecting much.
"Remember the sheet I sent to all them tire stores?" he asked. "Well, I got a hit." He pulled out a fax and handed it to me.MoreLess
"Come inside, I've got some coffee on:" I told him.
"No, no . . . I wanta get going. Got me two hundred miles t'go, and I want t'get the...re 'fore it gets too late." He leaned over and opened the passenger door, so I slid in. The car smelled like fried grease and old socks. Since Althea died, Bob had fewer and fewer nights when he went home. He had turned his car into temporary living quarters. I suspected he was either sleeping in the backseat or on a couch at the precinct house.
"Let's hear the news," I said, trying to keep it upbeat, while not expecting much.
"Remember the sheet I sent to all them tire stores?" he asked. "Well, I got a hit." He pulled out a fax and handed it to me.MoreLess
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