High Fall
“His matted clothes smelled of sweat; his face was lined with weariness and frustration. And there was a feverishness to his eyes. As he walked out onto the sidewalk, he stared at pedestrians in the same way he might have, had his incarceration been ten years instead of overnight.
“What about my car?” he demanded for the fourth time as he climbed into Kiernan’s Jeep.
“You can deal with that later. Now you can thank me for bailing you out.”
“Thank you! You’re the one who got me thrown in jail to ...begin with.”
“I’m the one who forced you to sideswipe a car? Grow up, Pedora.”
“I wouldn’t have had to go so fast if you hadn’t been after me.”
“I didn’t force you to follow me from LA.”
“If you’d—”
“Enough! Blame whoever you want! Spend the rest of your life blaming everyone else, I don’t care. But right now we need to deal with Greg.” She hesitated. Pedora was on the edge. In a more perfect world he would be under professional care and living in a safe and stress-free place.MoreLess
“What about my car?” he demanded for the fourth time as he climbed into Kiernan’s Jeep.
“You can deal with that later. Now you can thank me for bailing you out.”
“Thank you! You’re the one who got me thrown in jail to ...begin with.”
“I’m the one who forced you to sideswipe a car? Grow up, Pedora.”
“I wouldn’t have had to go so fast if you hadn’t been after me.”
“I didn’t force you to follow me from LA.”
“If you’d—”
“Enough! Blame whoever you want! Spend the rest of your life blaming everyone else, I don’t care. But right now we need to deal with Greg.” She hesitated. Pedora was on the edge. In a more perfect world he would be under professional care and living in a safe and stress-free place.MoreLess
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