The Delicate Storm
“The Cosmic Arcade had at least a half-dozen kids standing under the awning, smoking cigarettes and jostling one another and belching and generally being obnoxious in all the ways teenagers have perfected.You have to wonder how they can stand it, Delorme was thinking. I sure wouldn’t want to be standing out there this time of year with my navel exposed. Then again, I wouldn’t be doing that in midsummer either.Delorme and Craig Simmons had driven here in their separate vehicles, and now he was si...tting beside her on the front seat of the unmarked. Their attention was not on the games arcade. The Northtown Mini-mall also housed an electronics parts store, several empty storefronts and Fantasy XXX Video.It was the video store that Delorme and Simmons were watching. The neon sign flashed blurry rubies on the windshield, where ice had melted. Delorme flicked on the wipers and the shop came once again into focus.“You can’t tell anybody about this,” Simmons said. “Ever. Obviously, I’d be finished on the force.”“Assuming it turns out to be true.”“I’m very careful.MoreLess
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