Bonfire Masquerade (2011)
“said Lenni, for probably the hundredth time.
“I told you,” I said. “ATAC will pay to replace them.”
“It’s not the same,” replied Lenni. “Your bike is like … part of you. They made those bikes out of pieces. Decorated them. Loved them! It’s going to be hard to tell them we lost them. We owe them big-time.”
“Sybil will understand,” said Frank. “I mean, she wants these guys caught as badly as we do.”
We all lapsed back into silence. We’d had to walk back and were almost at the hotel. With Mardi Gr...as in full swing, getting a cab was impossible. I wanted to be out among the costumed partyers, having fun and enjoying the music. Instead we were walking back home in silence, all of us caught up in our own little worlds. To have come so close to solving the case, to catching the criminals, and then have them slip right out of our hands—it was infuriating.
“Hey Bess.” Nancy had finally managed to get Bess on her cell phone. That was another terrible thing about working this case during a party the size of Mardi Gras—all the cell phone circuits were constantly busy.MoreLess
“I told you,” I said. “ATAC will pay to replace them.”
“It’s not the same,” replied Lenni. “Your bike is like … part of you. They made those bikes out of pieces. Decorated them. Loved them! It’s going to be hard to tell them we lost them. We owe them big-time.”
“Sybil will understand,” said Frank. “I mean, she wants these guys caught as badly as we do.”
We all lapsed back into silence. We’d had to walk back and were almost at the hotel. With Mardi Gr...as in full swing, getting a cab was impossible. I wanted to be out among the costumed partyers, having fun and enjoying the music. Instead we were walking back home in silence, all of us caught up in our own little worlds. To have come so close to solving the case, to catching the criminals, and then have them slip right out of our hands—it was infuriating.
“Hey Bess.” Nancy had finally managed to get Bess on her cell phone. That was another terrible thing about working this case during a party the size of Mardi Gras—all the cell phone circuits were constantly busy.MoreLess
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