The Dream of the Broken Horses
“If anything extraordinary happens, I tell her, she's to call me on my cell phone. Then I'll execute drawings based on her reporting and get them to her in time for broadcast.
"Where do you go all the time?" she asks, annoyed.
"I'm not a journeyman sketch artist, Harriet. I can't sit here all day on the off chance something's going to happen." "I understand, but—" "Listen, am I mopping the floor with the competition?" "You're definitely mopping the floor with them." "So what more do you ...want?" She waves her hands. "You're right! Go wherever you go, do whatever you have to do." I meet Mace in the courthouse lobby and accompany him to his car in the Sheriff's Office parking lot.
"This is going to be interesting," Mace tells me. "Professor Bach has no idea we're coming." As we drive over to Calista State, I tell him about Mr. Potato Head, the disordered drawings in my room, and my feeling that I've been followed.
He pulls the car over.MoreLess
"Where do you go all the time?" she asks, annoyed.
"I'm not a journeyman sketch artist, Harriet. I can't sit here all day on the off chance something's going to happen." "I understand, but—" "Listen, am I mopping the floor with the competition?" "You're definitely mopping the floor with them." "So what more do you ...want?" She waves her hands. "You're right! Go wherever you go, do whatever you have to do." I meet Mace in the courthouse lobby and accompany him to his car in the Sheriff's Office parking lot.
"This is going to be interesting," Mace tells me. "Professor Bach has no idea we're coming." As we drive over to Calista State, I tell him about Mr. Potato Head, the disordered drawings in my room, and my feeling that I've been followed.
He pulls the car over.MoreLess
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