Home Invasion (2005)
“It’s not that I don’t like the bagel shop. They do their scrambled eggs just right — not too drippy — and they make their bagels in a wood-burning oven at the back of the store. What I wasn’t in the mood for was Clay.
There is one thing I do have against the bagel shop, though. We were having breakfast there when Mom and Clay announced they were getting married. It’s a wonder I can still eat scrambled eggs.
Clay was sitting across from me now, tapping his foot on the floor. I wanted to tell him... to cut it out, but then I figured I owed him one for not ratting me out to Mom.
Just after we gave the waitress our order, Clay pulled this little sketchpad and a pencil from his jacket pocket. “Okay,” he said, opening the sketchpad to a blank page. “Tell me everything you know about breaking into houses — everything you’ve observed.”
“I only did it that one time.”
Clay looked up from the sketchpad. “Level with me,” he said. “Tell me what you know. One thing I’ve learned from reading mysteries is that solving one is a lot like painting.MoreLess
There is one thing I do have against the bagel shop, though. We were having breakfast there when Mom and Clay announced they were getting married. It’s a wonder I can still eat scrambled eggs.
Clay was sitting across from me now, tapping his foot on the floor. I wanted to tell him... to cut it out, but then I figured I owed him one for not ratting me out to Mom.
Just after we gave the waitress our order, Clay pulled this little sketchpad and a pencil from his jacket pocket. “Okay,” he said, opening the sketchpad to a blank page. “Tell me everything you know about breaking into houses — everything you’ve observed.”
“I only did it that one time.”
Clay looked up from the sketchpad. “Level with me,” he said. “Tell me what you know. One thing I’ve learned from reading mysteries is that solving one is a lot like painting.MoreLess
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