Second Shot
“I suppose I should be thankful for that, at least. She got all of three strides past the outer doorway, then whirled to face me, shoulders hunched like a boxer about to strike.
“What the hell’s going on, Charlie?”
“I’m doing my job,” I said, keeping my voice quiet.
“Oh yeah? Your job is to keep us safe,” she said, stabbing a finger in my direction. “Not to go digging around and upsetting my father by making it obvious that you don’t trust him.”
I sighed. “It’s not a question of that,” I said, e...ven though I knew it probably was. I dragged out my phone again, flipped it open. “Look at the picture, Simone. No, look at it! Can you honestly say you can see the resemblance?”
“From a picture like that?” she said, without hesitation. “Could you recognize your father from a blurry snapshot that’s less than two inches square, taken probably thirty years ago, before he grew a goddamn beard?”
Damn. I hated it when she was right….
Her breath huffed out into a cloud around her head in the frozen air.MoreLess
“What the hell’s going on, Charlie?”
“I’m doing my job,” I said, keeping my voice quiet.
“Oh yeah? Your job is to keep us safe,” she said, stabbing a finger in my direction. “Not to go digging around and upsetting my father by making it obvious that you don’t trust him.”
I sighed. “It’s not a question of that,” I said, e...ven though I knew it probably was. I dragged out my phone again, flipped it open. “Look at the picture, Simone. No, look at it! Can you honestly say you can see the resemblance?”
“From a picture like that?” she said, without hesitation. “Could you recognize your father from a blurry snapshot that’s less than two inches square, taken probably thirty years ago, before he grew a goddamn beard?”
Damn. I hated it when she was right….
Her breath huffed out into a cloud around her head in the frozen air.MoreLess
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