Jackpot Blood: a Nick Herald Genealogical Mystery
“Hawty Latimer asked, the expression on her brown face somewhere between teasing and contempt. “If you’d gone to grade school where I did, up in north Louisiana, they’d have broken you of this left-handed writing. One run-in with the principal’s wooden ruler—that would have been that.”
After a few more silent moments, she tossed back the pages of cramped, chaotic scribbling Nick had produced. He suspected she would make a good principal herself—and wouldn’t spare the ruler. She was a formidable ...young woman, in both mind and body, with more drive and joy for living than anyone—in or out of a wheelchair—Nick had ever known.
“But you can’t fault the content, right?” Nick asked hopefully. “Even if the form isn’t up to your lofty standards of penmanship.”
Sarcasm was their normal mode of communication. That Nick employed Hawty in his genealogical firm wasn’t immediately obvious; a person could be pardoned for thinking their relationship was the other way around.MoreLess
After a few more silent moments, she tossed back the pages of cramped, chaotic scribbling Nick had produced. He suspected she would make a good principal herself—and wouldn’t spare the ruler. She was a formidable ...young woman, in both mind and body, with more drive and joy for living than anyone—in or out of a wheelchair—Nick had ever known.
“But you can’t fault the content, right?” Nick asked hopefully. “Even if the form isn’t up to your lofty standards of penmanship.”
Sarcasm was their normal mode of communication. That Nick employed Hawty in his genealogical firm wasn’t immediately obvious; a person could be pardoned for thinking their relationship was the other way around.MoreLess
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