hed been holding onto these quotes
since midMay an for whaever reason hadnt been able to employ them
while he was pickingup cleaning his place a gal stoppedby
surprised
him
Wha arya
doin here
By the expression on your
facetone of your voice . . surprising you. Ive only been here once before.
Yes
I was in the neighborhood.
Thirsty. Thought you’d like to come out and have a beer with me. It’s hot.
And . . apparently you’re not keen on
air-conditioning. It’s really hot.
I appreciate the thought Im pickingup just now . .
.
. Howbout I help, then we can go.
Please. I’d like
to catch up. she winked
it was code
hed
be insane not to
conceded
they busted through the place
inside an hour and boogied
he was gone two days
he made a pot of coffeethrew the
old grounds into the yard went to toss the trash they put together for
tomorrows garbage run
What the hell
he recognised the scraps of paper
the quotes
evidently she thought they were garbage
he was not angry with her
he wouldnt make an issue of it
he poured himself a mug and sat
down to write
he quoted Ken Bruens Galway Girl
Phew-oh. When you have been
raised a Catholic, with a native tongue awash in curses, prophesies, banshees, the
odd leprechaun, you tend to keep, if not an open mind, then certainly options
open.
that ought to be inside a fortune
cookie
he quoted Sue Gordon CIA was Principal Deputy Director of National Intelligence a heavy hitter
. . . the ruthless quest to see what
is rather than what you prefer.
a second fortune cookie
after omakase sushi opening his cookie if either quote were inside hed never eat at any other sushi house for
the rest of his life barringof course unique circumstances
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