Broken Angel (2008)
“He occasionally lifted his uninjured hand to stroke his waxed mustache.
Mason had walked in five minutes earlier, setting his shotgun on the counter. Billy knew who he was—everyone in Appalachia did—and guessed if Mason could walk the streets with the shotgun, it wasn’t against the rules to take it into the sheriff’s office.
Mason had yet to speak, but Billy could still hear his hard breathing. Maybe he was waiting for Sheriff Carney, but there was something odd about how Mason’s right arm hung... at his side and the constant sweat beading on his forehead. Maybe Mason had been injured while cornering the fugitive. All around town, word spread about how the dogs had torn the man apart and how he’d died already. Billy himself had seen the undertaker and his assistants move a coffin from the apartment on the other side of the town square into a wagon.
With Mason close, Billy had looked over only once and felt guilty even for that brief glance. He had specific instructions to watch the computer screen all night.MoreLess
Mason had walked in five minutes earlier, setting his shotgun on the counter. Billy knew who he was—everyone in Appalachia did—and guessed if Mason could walk the streets with the shotgun, it wasn’t against the rules to take it into the sheriff’s office.
Mason had yet to speak, but Billy could still hear his hard breathing. Maybe he was waiting for Sheriff Carney, but there was something odd about how Mason’s right arm hung... at his side and the constant sweat beading on his forehead. Maybe Mason had been injured while cornering the fugitive. All around town, word spread about how the dogs had torn the man apart and how he’d died already. Billy himself had seen the undertaker and his assistants move a coffin from the apartment on the other side of the town square into a wagon.
With Mason close, Billy had looked over only once and felt guilty even for that brief glance. He had specific instructions to watch the computer screen all night.MoreLess
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