The Man With the Getaway Face
“That afternoon, to keep Skimm and Alma happy, they all got together and made a timed dry run of the getaway.Alma and Skimm jumped into the Dodge and went bumping off into the scrub back of the diner, and Parker and Handy pushed the Ford south on 9. They were to go south on 9, turn right on 516 to 18 and then left on Main Street and on to the farmhouse. Alma and Skimm were coming around the back way, down the Amboy Turnpike. That's the way it was being done today, with everybody playing games and being serious about it, and Skimm the only one who thought it was for real.When Parker and Handy got to the dirt road turn-off to the farmhouse, the green Dodge was already there, parked on the shoulder of the road; Parker stopped behind it and kept his motor running. He didn't like the two cars together like this, so close to the time of the job.Skimm came over from the Dodge and leaned in the window. "How'd it go?""Sweet," Handy said. "No problems.""We ought to run through it again," Skimm s...aid.Parker shook his head.MoreLess
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