Suspects
“He said resentfully, “Did I ask you to bail me out?”
“All right.” Molly spoke wearily but without apparent offense. “But I notice you didn’t refuse to leave when you had the chance.”
“I didn’t know what was happening,” said Lloyd. “They don’t tell you anything in there.”
“Look at him” she said with delight, pointing at the squirrel that sat within a foot of Lloyd’s right shoe, staring up at him with huge eyes seemingly all pupil.
“I’m sorry,” Lloyd told the animal, which rapidly flicked the bus...hy tail erected behind its head, “but I don’t have anything to give you.” He scanned the nearby reaches of the park. “See that old lady over there? She’s got stuff.”
“She just ran him off with her cane,” said Molly. “She’s feeding the birds. We could go over to that deli and buy peanuts for him, unless you just want to sit here all day and gripe.”
“Not we. We wouldn’t be buying them. You would be.” He turned his head away in chagrin.MoreLess
“All right.” Molly spoke wearily but without apparent offense. “But I notice you didn’t refuse to leave when you had the chance.”
“I didn’t know what was happening,” said Lloyd. “They don’t tell you anything in there.”
“Look at him” she said with delight, pointing at the squirrel that sat within a foot of Lloyd’s right shoe, staring up at him with huge eyes seemingly all pupil.
“I’m sorry,” Lloyd told the animal, which rapidly flicked the bus...hy tail erected behind its head, “but I don’t have anything to give you.” He scanned the nearby reaches of the park. “See that old lady over there? She’s got stuff.”
“She just ran him off with her cane,” said Molly. “She’s feeding the birds. We could go over to that deli and buy peanuts for him, unless you just want to sit here all day and gripe.”
“Not we. We wouldn’t be buying them. You would be.” He turned his head away in chagrin.MoreLess
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