In Safe Hands (2016)
“Guilt made the lines in the stove repairman’s leprechaun-like face droop. Apparently, there was a lot of that emotion being passed around. “Seemed like everyone and his brother needed repairs done this past week.” Wally gave her newly fixed stove a glare. “I didn’t think this was going to turn into a real emergency, though.”
“I didn’t either,” Chris told him, giving Wally’s shoulder a friendly slap. “If I’d thought it was going to be a problem, I would’ve been harassing you to get over here....”
The repairman frowned. “Like I told the sheriff, it was a freak thing the way it started leaking. I’ve never seen anything like it.”
Chris’s cop-face settled into place. “What do you think caused it?”
Lifting his hands in an I-don’t-know gesture, Wally shook his mostly bald head. “No idea how the line could’ve been damaged like that.”
“Do you think it was intentional?”MoreLess
“I didn’t either,” Chris told him, giving Wally’s shoulder a friendly slap. “If I’d thought it was going to be a problem, I would’ve been harassing you to get over here....”
The repairman frowned. “Like I told the sheriff, it was a freak thing the way it started leaking. I’ve never seen anything like it.”
Chris’s cop-face settled into place. “What do you think caused it?”
Lifting his hands in an I-don’t-know gesture, Wally shook his mostly bald head. “No idea how the line could’ve been damaged like that.”
“Do you think it was intentional?”MoreLess
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