Midnight Lamp
“They’d eaten lobster burritos at a restaurant once favoured by Steve McQueen. They’d graciously accepted Digital Studios credit cards; they’d insisted on making their own way to the border, and arranged to meet Harry there in a few days’ time. A few days was arbitrary, a last taste of freedom.
They were suspicious about the ease of all this.
The car was not instantly impressive. It was a chunky off roader, on the same lines as Harry’s Compact, in light brown with a scarlet trim and silv...er wheels; called a Toyota Rugrat. It was box fresh, hinting at machinations behind the A&R man: no one had driven this car from the US. They’d personalised it, eyes, voiceprint, touch, but that didn’t guarantee they were the master’s voice.
‘Okay,’ said Ax, ‘Let’s check it out.’ Fiorinda left this mechanical and geeky activity to the menfolk, and sat by the road dissecting the US English language newspapers they’d bought in El Rosario.MoreLess
They were suspicious about the ease of all this.
The car was not instantly impressive. It was a chunky off roader, on the same lines as Harry’s Compact, in light brown with a scarlet trim and silv...er wheels; called a Toyota Rugrat. It was box fresh, hinting at machinations behind the A&R man: no one had driven this car from the US. They’d personalised it, eyes, voiceprint, touch, but that didn’t guarantee they were the master’s voice.
‘Okay,’ said Ax, ‘Let’s check it out.’ Fiorinda left this mechanical and geeky activity to the menfolk, and sat by the road dissecting the US English language newspapers they’d bought in El Rosario.MoreLess
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