The Old Deep And Dark
“He looked every inch the man who’d spent his night in an interrogation room.
When she approached, he sat up. As the bright light penetrated, he closed his eyes again and grimaced. “You here to take me back to the house?” He moved like an arthritic old man.
“You doing okay?” she asked.
“I’ll live.”
As they walked back to her car, Tommy began coughing and couldn’t seem to stop. Jane popped open the glove compartment once they were seated and pointed to a box of tissues.
“Look,” he said, wiping hi...s mouth, “I’m starving. Can’t even remember the last time I ate. Could we stop somewhere?”
“Fast food okay?” she said, nodding to a Burger King on the other side of the street.
“No, it’s not. What about the Red Lion? It’s close. I’ll direct you.”
Jane had her answer. She’d suggested the Burger King because she wanted to know if he was truly hungry—or thirsty. His need for a drink rolled off him like a fever.
“You’ll have to pay,” he said, turning to look out the side window as they moved out into traffic.MoreLess
When she approached, he sat up. As the bright light penetrated, he closed his eyes again and grimaced. “You here to take me back to the house?” He moved like an arthritic old man.
“You doing okay?” she asked.
“I’ll live.”
As they walked back to her car, Tommy began coughing and couldn’t seem to stop. Jane popped open the glove compartment once they were seated and pointed to a box of tissues.
“Look,” he said, wiping hi...s mouth, “I’m starving. Can’t even remember the last time I ate. Could we stop somewhere?”
“Fast food okay?” she said, nodding to a Burger King on the other side of the street.
“No, it’s not. What about the Red Lion? It’s close. I’ll direct you.”
Jane had her answer. She’d suggested the Burger King because she wanted to know if he was truly hungry—or thirsty. His need for a drink rolled off him like a fever.
“You’ll have to pay,” he said, turning to look out the side window as they moved out into traffic.MoreLess
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