Snow
“He was hefting what Todd at first thought was some sort of long-barreled gun, but on closer inspection proved to be a butane torch connected to a hose that ran up under the man’s coat.
Kate turned around and didn’t make a sound. She stepped coolly over to Todd, who still had the gun aimed in at the stranger.
The stranger eyed them through narrow slits beneath a rough, crenellated brow. His chin and neck were heavy with dark stubble and there was a slick of snot drooling from one nostril like an... exclamation. His dark eyes fixated on Todd’s handgun.
“You ain’t from Woodson,” said the man. He had the voice of a rumbling old washing machine.
Todd’s hands shook; the gun rattled. “No.”
“Where’d you come from?”
“We were driving out from O’Hare,” Todd said. “Our rental broke—”
“What town’s that?”
Todd raised an eyebrow. “Town?”
“O’Hare.” Though Todd would have believed it impossible, the man’s eyes actually grew narrower. “Never heard of the place.”MoreLess
Kate turned around and didn’t make a sound. She stepped coolly over to Todd, who still had the gun aimed in at the stranger.
The stranger eyed them through narrow slits beneath a rough, crenellated brow. His chin and neck were heavy with dark stubble and there was a slick of snot drooling from one nostril like an... exclamation. His dark eyes fixated on Todd’s handgun.
“You ain’t from Woodson,” said the man. He had the voice of a rumbling old washing machine.
Todd’s hands shook; the gun rattled. “No.”
“Where’d you come from?”
“We were driving out from O’Hare,” Todd said. “Our rental broke—”
“What town’s that?”
Todd raised an eyebrow. “Town?”
“O’Hare.” Though Todd would have believed it impossible, the man’s eyes actually grew narrower. “Never heard of the place.”MoreLess
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