Vineyard Prey (2005)
“She carefully put it down on the table. “What are you talking about? As far as I know, when you tailgate somebody, it means you’re driving too close behind.”
“You don’t know of a place by that name, or maybe a project with that code name?”
“No. Why do you ask?”
I told her about what had happened that morning, and repeated Arbuckle’s last words. “What do you think he meant?” I asked. “Was his bunny our Bunny? And what did he mean by tailgate?”
She was impatient. “Of course he was talking about t...he Easter Bunny! There aren’t any other bunnies in the picture!” Then she seemed to slow her thoughts. “Tailgate? I can’t imagine what that means, but if it’s not the Easter Bunny, maybe Arbuckle was telling you that we’re wrong in thinking that it was.” She looked at me. “Maybe it’s someone else who’s doing the killing.”
And when she said that, I no longer saw through a glass, darkly. “He didn’t say ‘tailgate,’” said my voice. “He said, ‘Tell Kate,’ but he was on his last breath and I heard him wrong.MoreLess
“You don’t know of a place by that name, or maybe a project with that code name?”
“No. Why do you ask?”
I told her about what had happened that morning, and repeated Arbuckle’s last words. “What do you think he meant?” I asked. “Was his bunny our Bunny? And what did he mean by tailgate?”
She was impatient. “Of course he was talking about t...he Easter Bunny! There aren’t any other bunnies in the picture!” Then she seemed to slow her thoughts. “Tailgate? I can’t imagine what that means, but if it’s not the Easter Bunny, maybe Arbuckle was telling you that we’re wrong in thinking that it was.” She looked at me. “Maybe it’s someone else who’s doing the killing.”
And when she said that, I no longer saw through a glass, darkly. “He didn’t say ‘tailgate,’” said my voice. “He said, ‘Tell Kate,’ but he was on his last breath and I heard him wrong.MoreLess
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