Tricky Business
Tricky Business
“Dee Dee Holdscomb sat next to him, wearing a purple silk bathrobe and studying her fingernails.
“Do you like this color?” she asked, holding her hands out to Tarant, nails up. “It’s like a peach, but with a little more red in it.”
Tarant looked at her.
“What do I give a shit?” he said, speaking for the entire male gender.
“I was just asking,” Dee Dee said.
On the TV, the NewsPlex Nine co-anchors were frowning so hard that it looked like their heads were going to implode. Bright red letters in the upper-right-hand corner of the screen said NEWSPLEX NINE KILLER STORM BULLETIN, and under that, NEWSPLEX NINE NEWSVAN IN CRASH. The male anchor was talking.
“. . . just received the shocking news that the NewsPlex Nine News Van has apparently been involved in a collision on its way to cover the helicopter crash and electrocution deaths in Westchester,” he said. He turned to the female anchor.
“Bill,” she said to the camera, “from what we’ve been able to learn so far, the NewsPlex Nine NewsVan..., which was carrying our reporter Summer Westfall and cameraman Javier Santiago, apparently collided with a fire rescue vehicle.”MoreLess
“Do you like this color?” she asked, holding her hands out to Tarant, nails up. “It’s like a peach, but with a little more red in it.”
Tarant looked at her.
“What do I give a shit?” he said, speaking for the entire male gender.
“I was just asking,” Dee Dee said.
On the TV, the NewsPlex Nine co-anchors were frowning so hard that it looked like their heads were going to implode. Bright red letters in the upper-right-hand corner of the screen said NEWSPLEX NINE KILLER STORM BULLETIN, and under that, NEWSPLEX NINE NEWSVAN IN CRASH. The male anchor was talking.
“. . . just received the shocking news that the NewsPlex Nine News Van has apparently been involved in a collision on its way to cover the helicopter crash and electrocution deaths in Westchester,” he said. He turned to the female anchor.
“Bill,” she said to the camera, “from what we’ve been able to learn so far, the NewsPlex Nine NewsVan..., which was carrying our reporter Summer Westfall and cameraman Javier Santiago, apparently collided with a fire rescue vehicle.”MoreLess
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