Theo was dressed in a suit that rivaled Martin Nash’s for the ‘GQ look’. ‘About time you got back, Washington.’ growled the Chief in a frien...ly way as he shook Theo’s hand. ‘How was Detective School?’ I asked. Theo had attended the course at the Police Academy that I’d felt the need to re-write for them. ‘It was good.’ said Theo. ‘But I think I learn a lot more from the Iron Crowbar and Lt. Perlman’s hands-on training.’ ‘Glad to see they taught you how to kiss ass properly.’ said Chief. I was in bed when she got home and pretended to be asleep. In the morning I left the house the same as always, but I drove around the block and turned the corner on our street just as Mike and Tony pulled into the driveway at my house.I watched them go up to the door and ring the bell. A minute later Merrie answered the door and they talked for a bit and then Merrie tried to close the door on them but they stopped her, said something and then Merrie turned and walked back into the house. Tony. The gold buckles on her shoes had been the unwilling contribution of the cardinal himself - a fact that was of no consequence as the previous owner had been happy to escape the Sack of Rome with his head and limbs still attached to his torso."Do you, Nele Helga Isebrand, take the present Arnulf Georg of Erlenburg for your wedded husband? Will you honour him, obey him and care for him, in good times and bad, until death shall part you?" I do," Nele spoke, her clear voice reaching even the back. The sky is blue, the buildings tall and silver. The copy says, "Experience New York!" or something along those lines. I ask the pilot what time the flight is. I get the feeling he's on layover. He points at the sky.A jetliner flies over at very slow speed, just above the treetops. The plane appears to be leaking something—fuel? I wonder if the mist we've been feeling is actually aviation fuel.My mother comes up to me. She's holding a grey blanket. Or perhaps it's a throw rug. She attempts to.
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