A Thousand Steps
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Suddenly, it comes to him: the way to find her. It has clarity and logic, simplicity, and a dose of can’t-miss. Like certain moments fishing—timing the surge, then the cast, the pause, the retrieve—it’s all perfect and you know, you know. You just know.
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Matt repeats Bruce’s favorite Wyatt Earp saying. “Fast is fine, but accuracy is final.” Bruce smiles. “We’ll get to that in a minute.”
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“You’re a man now, Matt. You can drive a car and make love to a woman, and you must buy a gun.” “For what?” “To defend yourself and the people you love,” Bruce says. “That’s what men and guns do.”
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“Because I’m good at it.” “That’s a good reason to do a thing. I’m proud of you for that, son.”
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You do what’s right and the betrayal is made up for. It doesn’t go away, but it’s diluted.