Way With a Gun (2010)
Way With a Gun
“Sheriff Andy Taylor stared at his wife across his desk in the jailhouse.
“I went to see Mr. Adams,” Miriam said.
“What did you do that for?”
“I wanted to ask him to help you,” she said. “I wanted to know why he would not.”
“My God,” Taylor said, putting his head in his hands, “what does he think of me now, having my wife go to him to ask for help?”
“You didn’t send me,” she said. “I went on my own.”
“The fact of the matter is you went,” he said. “It doesn’t matter who sent you.”
“What’s wrong w...ith that?”
Taylor raised his head to look at his wife.
“Miriam, a man doesn’t let his wife fight his battles for him.”
“I’m doing no such thing,” she said. “I’m just trying to help.”
“Well, do me a favor,” he said. “Don’t try to help anymore.”
“What kind of way is that to talk?” she demanded. “You won’t take off that silly badge so we can go live in a civilized place, and now you expect me to just sit back and watch you get killed—leaving me here, where I never wanted to be.”MoreLess
“I went to see Mr. Adams,” Miriam said.
“What did you do that for?”
“I wanted to ask him to help you,” she said. “I wanted to know why he would not.”
“My God,” Taylor said, putting his head in his hands, “what does he think of me now, having my wife go to him to ask for help?”
“You didn’t send me,” she said. “I went on my own.”
“The fact of the matter is you went,” he said. “It doesn’t matter who sent you.”
“What’s wrong w...ith that?”
Taylor raised his head to look at his wife.
“Miriam, a man doesn’t let his wife fight his battles for him.”
“I’m doing no such thing,” she said. “I’m just trying to help.”
“Well, do me a favor,” he said. “Don’t try to help anymore.”
“What kind of way is that to talk?” she demanded. “You won’t take off that silly badge so we can go live in a civilized place, and now you expect me to just sit back and watch you get killed—leaving me here, where I never wanted to be.”MoreLess
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