Best-Kept Lies
“Sam Donahue shouted through the phone wires.
Randi braced herself for the onslaught. And it came.
“I’ve got some crazy son of a bitch telling me that I’m gonna be arrested because I tried to kill you or some damn thing and that’s all a pile of crap. You know it’s crap. Why would I want to hurt you? Because of the kid? Oh, give me a break! That story you’re writing? Who would believe it? I’ve got an ironclad alibi, so call off your dogs!”
“My dogs?” she repeated as static crackled in her ear. Th...e signal was fading and fast. Thankfully.
“Yeah, this guy. Brown.”
“I can’t hear you, Sam.”
“…nuts! Crazy! He’s talkin’ about the police… Oh, God, they’re here… Look, Randi, I don’t know what this is all about, maybe some personal vendetta or something… This is all wrong,” he said, swearing a blue streak that broke up as the battery in the phone began to give out. “…damn it…sue you and anyone…false arrest…no way… Leave me the hell alone!MoreLess
Randi braced herself for the onslaught. And it came.
“I’ve got some crazy son of a bitch telling me that I’m gonna be arrested because I tried to kill you or some damn thing and that’s all a pile of crap. You know it’s crap. Why would I want to hurt you? Because of the kid? Oh, give me a break! That story you’re writing? Who would believe it? I’ve got an ironclad alibi, so call off your dogs!”
“My dogs?” she repeated as static crackled in her ear. Th...e signal was fading and fast. Thankfully.
“Yeah, this guy. Brown.”
“I can’t hear you, Sam.”
“…nuts! Crazy! He’s talkin’ about the police… Oh, God, they’re here… Look, Randi, I don’t know what this is all about, maybe some personal vendetta or something… This is all wrong,” he said, swearing a blue streak that broke up as the battery in the phone began to give out. “…damn it…sue you and anyone…false arrest…no way… Leave me the hell alone!MoreLess
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