Blade Silver: Color Me Scarred
“I call information and ask for the phone number of Rod Udell, my mom's brother, and wait as they put my call through."Hello," says a guy's sleepy voice."Uncle Rod?""Who is this?""It's Ruth. You know, Fran's daughter.""Oh, yeah. What's up, Ruth?""I wanted to get in touch with Caleb. He told me I could find him through you.""He did, did he?""Look, Uncle Rod. Things aren't going too well at home right now.
I need to talk to Caleb. I need to tell him something important.""You sure you're not going ...to tell your daddy where Caleb is staying?""I could've already told him that Caleb's at Grandma's out on Ferris Road. But I didn't. I wouldn't do that.""Where are you now?"So I tell him where I am and he says to wait there, and that he'll come and get me. "I need to go out that way anyway," he says.
So I sit down on the curb by the convenience store and wait until an old brown pickup pulls up, making a cloud of exhaust, and my uncle waves from behind the steering wheel. He's wearing a beat-up straw cowboy hat and a friendly grin.I wave back, surprisingly glad to see him.MoreLess
I need to talk to Caleb. I need to tell him something important.""You sure you're not going ...to tell your daddy where Caleb is staying?""I could've already told him that Caleb's at Grandma's out on Ferris Road. But I didn't. I wouldn't do that.""Where are you now?"So I tell him where I am and he says to wait there, and that he'll come and get me. "I need to go out that way anyway," he says.
So I sit down on the curb by the convenience store and wait until an old brown pickup pulls up, making a cloud of exhaust, and my uncle waves from behind the steering wheel. He's wearing a beat-up straw cowboy hat and a friendly grin.I wave back, surprisingly glad to see him.MoreLess
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