Madeline Carter - 01 - Mad Money
“As much by my disheveled state as by the actuality of me being there. Dropping in unannounced is so not an LA thing: there’s just too much distance between places to make it really practical. Yet here I was.
“You look like shit,” she said cheerfully as she invited me in. “I can’t even believe it. I should take a picture: cool, collected Madeline Carter looking like she’s just gotten back from safari... and the lions won.”
“Would you believe I was in the neighborhood and just thought I’d drop by...?”
“Somehow, I would. But where the hell have you two been?” she asked, including Tycho in the conversation. His staying in the car at this point had seemed entirely out of the question. He needed a break as much as I did.
“In the San Bernardino National Forest,” I answered blithely. “And look, I completely want to fill you in, but can I just be the guest from hell for half an hour and grab a shower? I gotta tell you: I feel a lot worse than I look.”
“Not possible, doll.MoreLess
“You look like shit,” she said cheerfully as she invited me in. “I can’t even believe it. I should take a picture: cool, collected Madeline Carter looking like she’s just gotten back from safari... and the lions won.”
“Would you believe I was in the neighborhood and just thought I’d drop by...?”
“Somehow, I would. But where the hell have you two been?” she asked, including Tycho in the conversation. His staying in the car at this point had seemed entirely out of the question. He needed a break as much as I did.
“In the San Bernardino National Forest,” I answered blithely. “And look, I completely want to fill you in, but can I just be the guest from hell for half an hour and grab a shower? I gotta tell you: I feel a lot worse than I look.”
“Not possible, doll.MoreLess
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