Last Chance for Glory
“He was about to turn the key dangling from the ignition when a familiar voice brought him to a halt.
“It’s gone far enough, Ann,” John McGuire said. His voice, strained through a tiny speaker, seemed to come from much farther away than the rear of the van. “We must allow the chips to fall where they may.”
“Spare me the dramatics, John McGuire. I swear to God I think you left your manhood with Samuel Harrah. Traded it for a boy who had no manhood to begin with. Why should you be afraid of this p...issant private detective? Or his shyster client? Call Chief Harrah, give him the details and let him take care of it. You won’t be any worse off than you are now.”
Kosinski half-listened to them wrangle, thinking how right Ann McGuire was in her assessment of the situation. Calling Harrah was their only hope; they had nothing whatever to lose.
Still, McGuire continued to resist. “Ann, Billy Sowell is dead. And it’s my fault. Without me it couldn’t have happened.”
“You’re right, John.MoreLess
“It’s gone far enough, Ann,” John McGuire said. His voice, strained through a tiny speaker, seemed to come from much farther away than the rear of the van. “We must allow the chips to fall where they may.”
“Spare me the dramatics, John McGuire. I swear to God I think you left your manhood with Samuel Harrah. Traded it for a boy who had no manhood to begin with. Why should you be afraid of this p...issant private detective? Or his shyster client? Call Chief Harrah, give him the details and let him take care of it. You won’t be any worse off than you are now.”
Kosinski half-listened to them wrangle, thinking how right Ann McGuire was in her assessment of the situation. Calling Harrah was their only hope; they had nothing whatever to lose.
Still, McGuire continued to resist. “Ann, Billy Sowell is dead. And it’s my fault. Without me it couldn’t have happened.”
“You’re right, John.MoreLess
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