Raw Bone (2015)
“The clerk who handled the purchase of an anchor in late November was back at work following a bout of pneumonia. With Aziz and Vertesi off doing interviews with the teachers and staff at Mercy High, MacNeice went alone. The clerk was easy to find; he was coughing and swearing among the racks of equipment.
His name was Jamie Corbeau, and MacNeice was able to avoid a handshake because the clerk was on his knees, stocking the shelves with small, shiny outboard propellers. When he’d finished, he le...d MacNeice back to his “office,” a corner of the loading dock with two chairs.
“I understand that you recall selling an anchor and some nylon line in late November, early December?”
“Yessir. But it wasn’t one, it was two anchors.”
“To the same customer?”
“Yep. I remember, see, because this guy first tells me he wants an anchor for a small skiff. I asked him to define ‘skiff’ and turns out he’s talking an eighteen-foot aluminum flat-bottom runabout. I show him some eleven-pound pieces, but he’s going for weight.MoreLess
His name was Jamie Corbeau, and MacNeice was able to avoid a handshake because the clerk was on his knees, stocking the shelves with small, shiny outboard propellers. When he’d finished, he le...d MacNeice back to his “office,” a corner of the loading dock with two chairs.
“I understand that you recall selling an anchor and some nylon line in late November, early December?”
“Yessir. But it wasn’t one, it was two anchors.”
“To the same customer?”
“Yep. I remember, see, because this guy first tells me he wants an anchor for a small skiff. I asked him to define ‘skiff’ and turns out he’s talking an eighteen-foot aluminum flat-bottom runabout. I show him some eleven-pound pieces, but he’s going for weight.MoreLess
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