Beyond Black: a Novel
““Speak the name of MacArthur!” He mimicked her voice. “I think he’s my dad. Suppose he is? Is that how you treat a dad? Is it? Got to hand it to her, she has some cheek, that girl.”
“How?” she said. “How did I treat him?”
The head pulsed, the snake’s tongue flicked out between his spread fingers. “I’ll tell you something about that bugger,” he said. “I’ll tell you something you don’t know. MacArthur owes me money. And so if I ever see MacArthur in this neck of the woods, I’ll saw him of...f at the bloody knees. Let the bloody bastard venture, just let him. I’ll poke out his other eye.”
“Has MacArthur only one eye?”
“Oh, tee-bloody-hee,” Morris said. “Still, girl, you got paid out. You got a lesson, eh? They taught you what a blade could do.”
“I hope you’re not,” she said. “I hope you’re not my dad. I like you worst of anybody.MoreLess
“How?” she said. “How did I treat him?”
The head pulsed, the snake’s tongue flicked out between his spread fingers. “I’ll tell you something about that bugger,” he said. “I’ll tell you something you don’t know. MacArthur owes me money. And so if I ever see MacArthur in this neck of the woods, I’ll saw him of...f at the bloody knees. Let the bloody bastard venture, just let him. I’ll poke out his other eye.”
“Has MacArthur only one eye?”
“Oh, tee-bloody-hee,” Morris said. “Still, girl, you got paid out. You got a lesson, eh? They taught you what a blade could do.”
“I hope you’re not,” she said. “I hope you’re not my dad. I like you worst of anybody.MoreLess
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