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"Why don’t you?"

Stay in character, stay in character, o," I said aloud "You do Right now, thiswithout a worry--"

"Except how to pay for it"

"In a few days you won’t have that option"

"Why are you telling ht I like you I don’t want you and your fa score so you’ll have etto live"

Well, you tried

"Call your father," I said "Tell hi to stop at Bucko hoet bent out of shape like he did the last ti eyelashes atto keep ht you were gay"

Despite the best efforts of daylight savings ti before we approached Buckhtbar on the sheriff’s departhts at the same moment I did "What should I do?" she asked

"Pull over slowly, put the car in park--they’ll see your taillights and knohat you’re doing Keep your hands on top of the steering wheel No sudden ht, so the deputies can see everything Don’t look directly into it Don’t speak, not even when spoken to"

Josie did what I told her A moment later Deputies James and Williams approached exactly as they had before Because of the spot, they were half bathed in light and half lost to darkness Jah the open driver’sWillia back They spoke to each other across the front seat of the car

"Beautiful evening, isn’t it?" James said

"Certainly is," Williah Kinda hard to have her head in your lap if she’s behind the wheel, ain’t it?"

"You kiss your mother with that mouth, Deputy?" I said

Williams didn’t like the reht flicked on, giving ry face that wasn’t illu if he had his brass knuckles when James intervened

"Personally, I didn’t have a mother," he said "We were too poor"

"That’s sad," Williah, with my end of the heist What about you?"

Williams slammed the door shut "Nah," he said "She’d just coh"

"Mr Brand wants to see you," Jauess that you and he have coht," Williaoing to give you half What is Brand offering?"