Vulgar Boatman
“Just long enough for me to tell Tom the entire story.
He didn’t interrupt me, even when I explained Buddy’s part in it. When I finished, he was silent for a long time. Then he said in a soft voice, “Harry Cusick. How do you figure it?”
“Who knows?” I answered. “Greed, probably. Or jealousy, or love, or revenge. Pick your motive. You know him better than me.”
Tom laughed sourly. “I thought I knew a lot of people. The thing about Cusick that gets me is this: I always thought he was too good a cop.... A tough nut who took no shit from anybody. I couldn’t budge him with Buddy.”
“Everybody’s got their price, Tom.”
“Yeah,” he said. “I’m learning that. I’m learning that about myself, even. It’s a hard lesson.”
Later, while he and Joanie and I were sprawled in his living room drinking coffee, Tom said, “I’m going to cancel out tonight. Supposed to be going to Taunton. Got a feeling that what’s happening around here may be more important.”
We had lunch.MoreLess
He didn’t interrupt me, even when I explained Buddy’s part in it. When I finished, he was silent for a long time. Then he said in a soft voice, “Harry Cusick. How do you figure it?”
“Who knows?” I answered. “Greed, probably. Or jealousy, or love, or revenge. Pick your motive. You know him better than me.”
Tom laughed sourly. “I thought I knew a lot of people. The thing about Cusick that gets me is this: I always thought he was too good a cop.... A tough nut who took no shit from anybody. I couldn’t budge him with Buddy.”
“Everybody’s got their price, Tom.”
“Yeah,” he said. “I’m learning that. I’m learning that about myself, even. It’s a hard lesson.”
Later, while he and Joanie and I were sprawled in his living room drinking coffee, Tom said, “I’m going to cancel out tonight. Supposed to be going to Taunton. Got a feeling that what’s happening around here may be more important.”
We had lunch.MoreLess
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