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The woman had read a guide book in preparation for the mission which pointed out that the state makes up fully 7 per cent of America’s land mass and is bigger than most European countries.
Puny state.
‘Latina,’ Reacher said. ‘With an a. Gender counts with inflected languages.
Details matter.
Texas is a big, big place.
Puny state.
He balled up the old clothes and stuffed them in the bathroom trash. Went back out to the register and paid thirty bucks in cash. He might get three days out of it.
Given the heat and the sweat, the dude must reek something awful.
He was reconsidering its projected three-day lifespan.
I would hope so!
sender, addressee, extremely urgent, commodity description, dimensions in inches, twelve by nine, weight in pounds, two point six, payment,
Weight.
‘Of course not. It was some guy, threatening her, forcing her to lie. Think about it, Walker. First time your ADA saw her, she wouldn’t say a word. Twenty-seven hours later, she’s confessing. Only thing that happened in between was a bunch of calls from this guy.’ ‘But what kind of threat could make her say that?’
OMG! How bloody dense are you Reacher? Ffs.
‘Well, it’s started,’ he said. ‘Biggest thing you ever saw. FBI and State Police, roadblocks everywhere, helicopters in the air, more than a hundred and fifty people on the ground. But there’s a storm coming in, which ain’t going to help.’
Where?
It weighed one pound and one ounce.
Too light. About time you caught up!
‘South,’ he said. ‘To the Red House.’ ‘Why? What’s there?’ ‘Everything,’ he said.
Finally making four?
Then the lone runner would be hunted for a mile or so and shot down.
Now who do we know who likes to hunt…
Because some jeweller in Pecos laughed at her and told her it was a fake worth thirty bucks. And she believed him.
Obviously! Some investigator.
because it’s obvious.
Well yeah! Ffs.
with a bud vase next to the steering wheel.
I like the bud vase. What other car comes with a bizarre item as standard?
Why would it be locked?
Uh, because it's the US?
‘You need to read the history books, Reacher. Clay Allison was a total psychopath. He once killed a guy bunking with him, just because he snored. He was an amoral maniac, plain and simple. Nothing too noble about that.’
Details matter.
‘Two wrongs don’t make a right, you know?’
But three lefts do.
Ducked inside and unscrewed the dome light.
Wtf model is this beetle?
He could smell the raindrops in the dust.
Petrichor.
Reacher shrugged. ‘So let’s prove it. Let’s call the FBI and ask them how the hunt for Ellie is going.’
Ugh, about time.
And you wanted to know where we were, at all times. So you could send your people after us.’
Duh!
One pound, one ounce. But the label said two pounds and nine ounces. So one of two things must have happened. Either FedEx ripped off the hospital by padding the charge, or you took out about sixty per cent of the contents
Caught out a supplier once claiming they sent us twice as many units, didn't match the courier paperwork. Measured the units myself.
You were born a poor boy and you were greedy for money and power.
Money, power or love.
They’re three young men now. High school seniors. They want a little more excitement. So they go looking for coyotes, maybe. Worthier opponents. They hunt at night. They use a truck. They range far and wide. And soon they find bigger game. Soon they find a real thrill.’
Finally.
The maid ran out of the kitchen door, wrapped in a bathrobe.
Where she been all this time?
riffed
The most mispelt word in a Lee Child book.
‘Faster,’ he said. ‘I’ve got a real bad feeling about this.’
Now he's in a hurry?
They left the Greers’ Jeep with the doors standing open and the motor idling through the last of its gas.
Why?
‘But it’s really streetwalker, isn’t it? To be correct? That was the clue. You were supposed to think to yourself, it’s not stroller, it’s walker. Get it? It’s Walker. Meaning it’s Hack Walker doing all of this.’ He went very quiet. ‘I missed that,’ he said.
Details matter.
Carmen and Ellie and Alice drifted inside to get washed up for lunch. He watched the door close behind them and just walked away. It seemed like the natural thing to do. He didn’t want anybody to try to keep him there. He jogged to the road and turned south.
He stiffed them with the bill and the $20 tip.
