Shadowmaker (2013)
“This time Mom didn’t offer him coffee. She gave him nothing but the facts.
He nosed around the yard with his flashlight and warned Mom about stepping on broken glass. “I wouldn’t replace those lights,” he said. “You’d just be lettin’ yourself in for the same kind of trouble, long as you keep your house shinin’ like a grocery store havin’ a grand openin’ sale.”
“But the lights weren’t turned on!” Mom insisted.
He frowned at her as though catching her in the worst kind of lie. “They’d have to be ...on in order to have kids shuck rocks at ’em.”
“They weren’t on,” Mom said stubbornly. “Besides, what makes you think it was kids?”
“Who else throws rocks at lights?”
“You’re the sheriff,” Mom snapped. “That’s up to you to find out.”
He slowly shook his head. “No point in causin’ trouble over a bunch of kids actin’ up. I’ll put out word I’m lookin’ for ’em, and if I catch ’em their daddies will warm their britches. You won’t have any more trouble.”MoreLess
He nosed around the yard with his flashlight and warned Mom about stepping on broken glass. “I wouldn’t replace those lights,” he said. “You’d just be lettin’ yourself in for the same kind of trouble, long as you keep your house shinin’ like a grocery store havin’ a grand openin’ sale.”
“But the lights weren’t turned on!” Mom insisted.
He frowned at her as though catching her in the worst kind of lie. “They’d have to be ...on in order to have kids shuck rocks at ’em.”
“They weren’t on,” Mom said stubbornly. “Besides, what makes you think it was kids?”
“Who else throws rocks at lights?”
“You’re the sheriff,” Mom snapped. “That’s up to you to find out.”
He slowly shook his head. “No point in causin’ trouble over a bunch of kids actin’ up. I’ll put out word I’m lookin’ for ’em, and if I catch ’em their daddies will warm their britches. You won’t have any more trouble.”MoreLess
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