The Black Tower (2010)
The Black Tower
““Listen,” Herculeah said. With quick, practiced motions, she rewound the message and played it. An old shaky voice came from the machine.
“—s a murderer. Stay away from the—”
“You must not have rewound it all the way. Try it again.”
She rewound the tape and replayed it.
Again the old voice said, “—s a murderer. Stay away from the—”
Well, Meat thought, maybe he couldn’t begin the message for the old caller, but he sure could end it.
In the silence that followed, he finished the sentence. “Tower....”
For emphasis, to make sure Herculeah got the message, he said, “Stay away from the tower.”
“I hate it when people do that,” Herculeah said.
“Do what?” Meat asked. “Leave warning messages on the answering machine?”
“No, I hate it when they start their warning message before waiting for the beep. Half the message is lost.”
“I can finish the last half,” Meat said. “It’s—”
“I heard you before. I’m going to play it again.”
“Good idea,”MoreLess
“—s a murderer. Stay away from the—”
“You must not have rewound it all the way. Try it again.”
She rewound the tape and replayed it.
Again the old voice said, “—s a murderer. Stay away from the—”
Well, Meat thought, maybe he couldn’t begin the message for the old caller, but he sure could end it.
In the silence that followed, he finished the sentence. “Tower....”
For emphasis, to make sure Herculeah got the message, he said, “Stay away from the tower.”
“I hate it when people do that,” Herculeah said.
“Do what?” Meat asked. “Leave warning messages on the answering machine?”
“No, I hate it when they start their warning message before waiting for the beep. Half the message is lost.”
“I can finish the last half,” Meat said. “It’s—”
“I heard you before. I’m going to play it again.”
“Good idea,”MoreLess
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