Heroes (2000)
“He spent most of the trip resisting the desire to look over his shoulder every time a car horn or errant human voice announced itself and logically demonstrating to himself that a crime can only be said to be a crime if there is a crime scene, and that there can only be a crime scene when a person gets caught and charged with committing a crime. And since Bayle had no intention of getting caught it stood to reason that he really wasn’t going to be doing anything criminal, just righting a wrong ...that, if the world ran on reason and not pettiness and mean-spiritedness, never would have required his righting it in the first place. So there.
Looking up to notice he’d just passed Davidson’s street, Spruce, Bayle doubled back and detoured down its sidewalk. Nearly seven-thirty now and feeling fairly comfortable under the cover of an almost-darkness, he stood in front of the old man’s unoccupied apartment.
Tonight was the first time since Davidson had been hospitalized that Bayle hadn’t gone by to visit.MoreLess
Looking up to notice he’d just passed Davidson’s street, Spruce, Bayle doubled back and detoured down its sidewalk. Nearly seven-thirty now and feeling fairly comfortable under the cover of an almost-darkness, he stood in front of the old man’s unoccupied apartment.
Tonight was the first time since Davidson had been hospitalized that Bayle hadn’t gone by to visit.MoreLess
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