Longarm 243: Longarm And the Debt of Honor (2010)
Longarm 243: Longarm And the Debt of Honor
“Besides, he reasoned, he needed to give the sheriff time to let the man know a stranger would be prowling through the records. Most clerks Longarm was acquainted with would get their hackles up mighty high in the air at the idea of someone—pretty much anyone—coming in and wanting access to their files.
In the sheriff’s office and jail, young Jeremy was nowhere to be found. Norm was in his cell enjoying a dish of cherry cobbler that was layered thick with sugar and was swimming in cream so rich ...it was yellow in color.
“Sure looks good,” Longarm said.
“Tastes even better than it looks,” Norm assured him.
“Dottie, she makes the best.”
“I’ll have to try her place next time.”
“You do that. So what brings you back up here, old friend?”
Longarm explained, then shrugged. “Remains to be seen what happens next, don’t it?”
Norm’s expression clouded into a scowl. “Don’t let those good old boys fool you, Longarm. Somebody ... I won’t claim to know who or how many, maybe all of them, but maybe not...MoreLess
In the sheriff’s office and jail, young Jeremy was nowhere to be found. Norm was in his cell enjoying a dish of cherry cobbler that was layered thick with sugar and was swimming in cream so rich ...it was yellow in color.
“Sure looks good,” Longarm said.
“Tastes even better than it looks,” Norm assured him.
“Dottie, she makes the best.”
“I’ll have to try her place next time.”
“You do that. So what brings you back up here, old friend?”
Longarm explained, then shrugged. “Remains to be seen what happens next, don’t it?”
Norm’s expression clouded into a scowl. “Don’t let those good old boys fool you, Longarm. Somebody ... I won’t claim to know who or how many, maybe all of them, but maybe not...MoreLess
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