Tell Me No Spies
“The clanging of the warning bells at the train crossing matched the jangling of my nerves while the train dragged its interminable ass across the road.
I looked at my watch again. “Jesus Christ!” I burst out. “Could you go any fucking slower, buddy?”
Dave shot me a worried look. “It’s okay, we’re only a couple of minutes late.”
“Yeah, but what if he needs us? Or what if he’s waiting, and he decides we’re not coming, and then he goes away for another hour…” I realized my voice was rising rapidly... and bit off the rest of the sentence. And glanced at my watch. Again, for chrissake.
At last, the train cleared the crossing and the guard-arms lifted. I bumped over the tracks a little more quickly than absolutely necessary. “What the hell were they thinking putting a train track through the middle of a residential neighbourhood, anyway?” I muttered.
Dave wisely made no response.
I pulled in at the curb, gazing anxiously around. There was no sign of life except a ragged elderly man shuffling along in the next block, pushing a shopping cart full of bottles and cans.MoreLess
I looked at my watch again. “Jesus Christ!” I burst out. “Could you go any fucking slower, buddy?”
Dave shot me a worried look. “It’s okay, we’re only a couple of minutes late.”
“Yeah, but what if he needs us? Or what if he’s waiting, and he decides we’re not coming, and then he goes away for another hour…” I realized my voice was rising rapidly... and bit off the rest of the sentence. And glanced at my watch. Again, for chrissake.
At last, the train cleared the crossing and the guard-arms lifted. I bumped over the tracks a little more quickly than absolutely necessary. “What the hell were they thinking putting a train track through the middle of a residential neighbourhood, anyway?” I muttered.
Dave wisely made no response.
I pulled in at the curb, gazing anxiously around. There was no sign of life except a ragged elderly man shuffling along in the next block, pushing a shopping cart full of bottles and cans.MoreLess
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