More Perfect Union (9780061760228)
More Perfect Union (9780061760228)
“I didn’t have to. The mountain came to Mohammed. Sergeant Watkins turned up on the security phone downstairs at ten after eight. Once Watty was inside my apartment, Ralph Ames stayed around only long enough to say a polite hello and then made himself scarce while the sergeant and I retreated into the den.
“Coffee?” I asked.
Watty shook his head. “It’s not a social visit. Just what the hell do you think you’re pulling, Beau? Since when do homicide detectives go out and investigate any damn case ...they please? Since when did I stop making the assignments?”
“I didn’t do it on purpose. It just happened. You know how that Tyree case started. He floated up right under my nose while I was working on the movie set. I know I wasn’t assigned, but I was involved. I couldn’t help it.”
“That’s bullshit, Beau, and you know it. ‘I couldn’t help it’ is an excuse a little kid uses on his mother after he wets his pants. You didn’t try to help it. You got a wild hair up your ass that Kramer and Manny had it all wrong, and you set out hell-bent for leather to prove it.”MoreLess
“Coffee?” I asked.
Watty shook his head. “It’s not a social visit. Just what the hell do you think you’re pulling, Beau? Since when do homicide detectives go out and investigate any damn case ...they please? Since when did I stop making the assignments?”
“I didn’t do it on purpose. It just happened. You know how that Tyree case started. He floated up right under my nose while I was working on the movie set. I know I wasn’t assigned, but I was involved. I couldn’t help it.”
“That’s bullshit, Beau, and you know it. ‘I couldn’t help it’ is an excuse a little kid uses on his mother after he wets his pants. You didn’t try to help it. You got a wild hair up your ass that Kramer and Manny had it all wrong, and you set out hell-bent for leather to prove it.”MoreLess
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