Flashpoint
““You really go to work this early?” he asked as she hunted through the living room for her clothes.
“Umm. Where is my … oh, there it is. Here’s your towel back, and thanks for the use of the shower.”
“Can I talk you into some breakfast? You said last night you wanted toast.”
“I lied.”
The phone rang. Keaton frowned, looked at her. “Think it’s for you, some cop thing? Nobody calls me this early.”
Sonora shook her head. “I didn’t give your number out. Nobody knows I’m—answer it, why don’t you?”
H...e took the extension in the living room. Said hello. Listened.
She knew who it was by the sudden set of his shoulders, the hand by his side closing into a fist.
He hung up.
“It was her,” Sonora said.
“Yeah.” His voice was tight, so different from the way he’d sounded minutes before.
Sonora yanked her boot over her foot. “What, Keaton? What’d she say?”
“She said she’d pay me back. She’d pay both of us back good.”
Sonora drove through the dark streets—it was garbage day again, and plastic bags clogged the curbs.MoreLess
“Umm. Where is my … oh, there it is. Here’s your towel back, and thanks for the use of the shower.”
“Can I talk you into some breakfast? You said last night you wanted toast.”
“I lied.”
The phone rang. Keaton frowned, looked at her. “Think it’s for you, some cop thing? Nobody calls me this early.”
Sonora shook her head. “I didn’t give your number out. Nobody knows I’m—answer it, why don’t you?”
H...e took the extension in the living room. Said hello. Listened.
She knew who it was by the sudden set of his shoulders, the hand by his side closing into a fist.
He hung up.
“It was her,” Sonora said.
“Yeah.” His voice was tight, so different from the way he’d sounded minutes before.
Sonora yanked her boot over her foot. “What, Keaton? What’d she say?”
“She said she’d pay me back. She’d pay both of us back good.”
Sonora drove through the dark streets—it was garbage day again, and plastic bags clogged the curbs.MoreLess
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