No Way Home
“Ingersoll, a neighbor of Mrs. MacGregor’s, anger in her voice. “He’s got his radio going full blast, and he’s shooting off firecrackers or something. Sounds to me like he’s wrecking the place.”
“I’ll call him,” Meg said with hidden alarm.
“You’d better do something! What’s his mother going to think, she comes home?”
Before Meg could do anything, the other phone shrilled, and she grabbed it. It was another voice fraught with urgency. The night sergeant, who had been watching and listening, motio...ned to the chief, who was coming through the door. “Something’s up,” he said, and Morgan swept forward. Her face a bulge, Meg thrust the phone at him.
“It’s Reverend Stottle calling about Matt. I’m not sure what he’s saying, but he’s scaring me.”
Morgan took the phone and ordered the reverend to calm down. The night sergeant whispered to Meg, “What’s up?” She said, “Matt, God damn it. Matt.” Morgan barked into the phone, “What makes you say that?”MoreLess
“I’ll call him,” Meg said with hidden alarm.
“You’d better do something! What’s his mother going to think, she comes home?”
Before Meg could do anything, the other phone shrilled, and she grabbed it. It was another voice fraught with urgency. The night sergeant, who had been watching and listening, motio...ned to the chief, who was coming through the door. “Something’s up,” he said, and Morgan swept forward. Her face a bulge, Meg thrust the phone at him.
“It’s Reverend Stottle calling about Matt. I’m not sure what he’s saying, but he’s scaring me.”
Morgan took the phone and ordered the reverend to calm down. The night sergeant whispered to Meg, “What’s up?” She said, “Matt, God damn it. Matt.” Morgan barked into the phone, “What makes you say that?”MoreLess
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