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Since this is voice mail, I most likely saw your name on caller ID and decided I most certainly did not wish to speak to you. If you’re willing to pay tribute in the form of chocolate cake or other assorted offerings of dietary delight, text me the details and I’ll reconsider your position in my social roster and possibly get back to you later.
“Arthur Talbot, 1547 Dearborn Parkway.”
Assignments: Clair—A. Montgomery Ward Park, check cancer centers Nash and Porter go to see Tyler Kloz, research the dry cleaner ticket, get security camera footage—can we see his face? Watson, visit uncle regarding the watch. Background on Emory’s mother
Women were perfectly capable of handling pain but not emotion. Men handled emotion but not pain.
“He stands for do no evil,” Father said. “And that, of course, is the rub. Should someone see or hear evil, there is little one can do. When someone speaks evil, there is fault to be had, but when they do evil . . . well, when they do evil there is no room for forgiveness.”
If a black woman could turn red, Porter imagined Clair was doing so now. For a second he thought she might throw the coffee back at Nash. “Cock-sucking little pissant ass clown.” “You’re so hot when you rant,” Nash said, squeezing her shoulder.