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“You said he was popular Anyone else been looking for him?”
She nodded “Yup”
Iled to maintain my cool “And as that?”
She lifted her hand and did another finger rub I pulled out another twenty This was adding up I wondered how I’d describe it in my expense account Research? Worked for me
“Two ti for him Yesterday and the day before He was in a uniforht he was UPS or sumthin’, but I shoulda know’d it wasn’t, cuz the uniforht He was in blue, not brown”
“Like a blue jumpsuit?”
“Yeah, like that”
“Can you describe him?”
“Looked like a nigger Just like any other”
“Long hair? Short? Light skin? Dark?” I tried to prod her to describe hireater detail than just the N-word Ityou remember?”
“I don’t know Brown skin Dark eyes Short hair” She ran through the description in a sing-song “Just another—”
“Old? Young?” I said, before she could spit the word out again
“Not old, not young You can never tell with them people”
“Any distinguishing marks? A scar? A tattoo?”
She shook her head “Nothing on his face but a damn smile Least ’til I tole’ him Mr Cooper weren’t here I couldn’t tell you about any tattoos His ararette