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"Are you kidding me? Three days I wait for your call and when you do bother to call, its to say you need more time?"

Tully leaned closer to the pay phone, trying to squeeze a small bit of privacy out of a very public place "The fao public yet, Maury The doctors are respecting their wishes Surely you can understand that "

"Understand it? Who gives a shit if I understand it? This is world news, Tully, not soossip circle CNN has reported that he has a head injury—"

"Thats officially unconfirmed "

"Daher-ups are pissed off There was talk thisyou off the story Dick wants to send—"

"Ill get you so "

"Get me the story today and Ill move you into the news nook next week "

Tully thought for a ined the promise "You mean it?"

"You have twenty-four hours, Tully At the end of that time you can be a hero or a zero Its up to you "

Tully heard hilass s of the e the sidewalk For three days theyd been waiting for official word on Johnnys condition In the meantime, theyd reported the known facts—the events that led up to the bo, the field reports of his injuries, and his backstory in Central Aboard on to other tangentially related general stories, things like the danger to journalists covering wars, the specific challenges of Desert Storm, and the s

She stood there, wondering how in the hell she was going to do this Everything needed to be done exactly right so that both Maury and Kate got what they wanted It was up to Tully to ht change her future Shed die before shed let Edna down, and like Edna had said, Tully could do her job and still protect Kate Shed have to break the story, but how she did it hat mattered

Carefully Tactfully No e or potential blindness That way everyone got what they wanted

The news nook

All her life shed drea She couldnt let go of the opportunity to have it Surely Kate would understand the importance of that

Of course