Ghost Dance
“One bloodshot eye peered above the tritium sights. ‘Put it back or I’ll kill you,’ she slurred.
‘What—?’ ‘Do it!’ Jittery, Gallagher took up the wax paper so as not to brush the hairs again and placed it in the pouch. Then he folded the parchment pages and put them away.
‘Slide it across the table,’ she ordered. ‘Slow.’ All he could see was the black hole of the pistol barrel when he pushed the pouch toward her. She grabbed it, clutched it to her chest, then came around, the table with the gun ...still trained on him. ‘Who are you?’ Andie demanded in a thick-tongued voice. ‘What are you after?’ ‘I’m not after anything,’ Gallagher stammered. ‘I saw you find that gold chain in the meadow behind Olga Dawson’s barn and wondered why you didn’t tell anyone about it. Then here you are—passed out with that journal and the hair and two gold chains and two crosses.’ She regarded him as a squirrel might a hawk, but did not respond.
Gallagher said, ‘The writer, she’s an Indian, isn’t she?’ In one motion, Andie flung the pouch on the table and dropped into a combat-shooting position.MoreLess
‘What—?’ ‘Do it!’ Jittery, Gallagher took up the wax paper so as not to brush the hairs again and placed it in the pouch. Then he folded the parchment pages and put them away.
‘Slide it across the table,’ she ordered. ‘Slow.’ All he could see was the black hole of the pistol barrel when he pushed the pouch toward her. She grabbed it, clutched it to her chest, then came around, the table with the gun ...still trained on him. ‘Who are you?’ Andie demanded in a thick-tongued voice. ‘What are you after?’ ‘I’m not after anything,’ Gallagher stammered. ‘I saw you find that gold chain in the meadow behind Olga Dawson’s barn and wondered why you didn’t tell anyone about it. Then here you are—passed out with that journal and the hair and two gold chains and two crosses.’ She regarded him as a squirrel might a hawk, but did not respond.
Gallagher said, ‘The writer, she’s an Indian, isn’t she?’ In one motion, Andie flung the pouch on the table and dropped into a combat-shooting position.MoreLess
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