Cult
“Clausen Moore tapped his warm plastic phone, still moist with his palm print. He had been thankful for the interruption. Exposure to this kind of anguish had a near-toxic effect on him.
The man before him looked slightly yellowed, soiled by desperation. He knew the look. He had seen it many times before, especially back in Appalachia, from where he and Gladys had fled years ago. It still lived inside of him, the memory of those mountain people, cast into hopelessness by events beyond their ...forgotten world. He had also seen it here, on the faces of these crushed and grieving people searching for their lost loved ones. Beside the gloomy man sat a woman. She appeared cooler, more in control. Studying the pad on his desk, he refreshed his mind with the man’s name.
“It’s private property, Mr. Harrigan. You can’t enter it without an invitation. And you can’t break in or forcibly enter and bring anyone out. Could be a kidnapping rap, a hostage rap.MoreLess
The man before him looked slightly yellowed, soiled by desperation. He knew the look. He had seen it many times before, especially back in Appalachia, from where he and Gladys had fled years ago. It still lived inside of him, the memory of those mountain people, cast into hopelessness by events beyond their ...forgotten world. He had also seen it here, on the faces of these crushed and grieving people searching for their lost loved ones. Beside the gloomy man sat a woman. She appeared cooler, more in control. Studying the pad on his desk, he refreshed his mind with the man’s name.
“It’s private property, Mr. Harrigan. You can’t enter it without an invitation. And you can’t break in or forcibly enter and bring anyone out. Could be a kidnapping rap, a hostage rap.MoreLess
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