Fresh Kills
“I said without preamble. I’d timed my visit to Mickey’s office for the ten-minute window between clients, so I made it short and to the point.
She raised an inquiring eyebrow, but she opened her purse without comment.
“It’s about Amber,” I confessed, deciding my colleague deserved to know why her car was about to cross the Verrazano Bridge into Staten Island. “Something’s come up and I need to talk to her right away.”
Mickey handed over her car keys and said, “It’s parked on Bergen, on the othe...r side of Court. Near the taco place.”
I nodded. Under other circumstances I’d have said something clever about the way Mickey’s car gravitated toward parking places in front of spicy food emporia, but now I just wanted to get out of her office.
She didn’t say I told you so, but the muscles around her mouth were strained from the effort of not saying it.
I had directions from my interview with Scott. I’d told them I wanted to make a home visit, to be able to report to the judge what kind of home they could make for their baby.MoreLess
She raised an inquiring eyebrow, but she opened her purse without comment.
“It’s about Amber,” I confessed, deciding my colleague deserved to know why her car was about to cross the Verrazano Bridge into Staten Island. “Something’s come up and I need to talk to her right away.”
Mickey handed over her car keys and said, “It’s parked on Bergen, on the othe...r side of Court. Near the taco place.”
I nodded. Under other circumstances I’d have said something clever about the way Mickey’s car gravitated toward parking places in front of spicy food emporia, but now I just wanted to get out of her office.
She didn’t say I told you so, but the muscles around her mouth were strained from the effort of not saying it.
I had directions from my interview with Scott. I’d told them I wanted to make a home visit, to be able to report to the judge what kind of home they could make for their baby.MoreLess
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