Death Screams
“I felt kinda bad about that but what could I do? We'd have to hide our PDAs more masterfully.
I slowed my stride when I saw the broad back of Garcia, notebook in hand and Gale at his side.
I'd know them anywhere. Instead of feeling comforted by police presence I was completely trained to respond with the fear and flight response. Which loosely translated meant: get the hell out of Dodge, as Gramps would say. However much I wanted to follow that directive, one look at Jade's face made my stride ...pick up again and in a few moments I was inside the room.
Garcia turned just as I came in. Pretty aware for a mundane, I thought.
"Whoa! Caleb..." he clapped me on the back. "Haven't you grown?" Just the kind of lame adult comment that made me want to judo-chop his throat. Instead, I plastered a fake smile on my face and said the obligatory, "I don't know," with a shrug.
Gale smiled behind her hand, she was catching the lameness clue square between the eyes. "Ah, I think he's taller than you now, Raul." Garcia huffed and puffed, standing at attention like a rooster about to defend his coop.MoreLess
I slowed my stride when I saw the broad back of Garcia, notebook in hand and Gale at his side.
I'd know them anywhere. Instead of feeling comforted by police presence I was completely trained to respond with the fear and flight response. Which loosely translated meant: get the hell out of Dodge, as Gramps would say. However much I wanted to follow that directive, one look at Jade's face made my stride ...pick up again and in a few moments I was inside the room.
Garcia turned just as I came in. Pretty aware for a mundane, I thought.
"Whoa! Caleb..." he clapped me on the back. "Haven't you grown?" Just the kind of lame adult comment that made me want to judo-chop his throat. Instead, I plastered a fake smile on my face and said the obligatory, "I don't know," with a shrug.
Gale smiled behind her hand, she was catching the lameness clue square between the eyes. "Ah, I think he's taller than you now, Raul." Garcia huffed and puffed, standing at attention like a rooster about to defend his coop.MoreLess
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