Oregon Hill
“I posted my observations (headline: Is Martin Fell being rail-roaded?) at eleven fifteen. Sometime after one A.M., I went over to Penny Lane to try to catch up with my cohorts whose beats permit leisurely alcohol consumption as opposed to speed drinking.
Sarah had already been there an hour and a half. She left by herself five minutes before I did, with no allusion to past or future dalliances on either of our parts. I was prepared to do the honorable thing if opportunity knocked, but I am easi...ly persuaded, and it was something of a relief when I looked around and found she was gone.
Jackson calls me at six forty-five. Jackson never willingly gets up before nine, and he would never have the initiative to call me, even after nine, unless the building where we publish had been blown up. Someone higher up, in other words, has already been frying Jackson’s ass at an even earlier hour.
“Willie, what the hell are you doing?” he says by way of greeting. His use of my first name is another red flag.MoreLess
Sarah had already been there an hour and a half. She left by herself five minutes before I did, with no allusion to past or future dalliances on either of our parts. I was prepared to do the honorable thing if opportunity knocked, but I am easi...ly persuaded, and it was something of a relief when I looked around and found she was gone.
Jackson calls me at six forty-five. Jackson never willingly gets up before nine, and he would never have the initiative to call me, even after nine, unless the building where we publish had been blown up. Someone higher up, in other words, has already been frying Jackson’s ass at an even earlier hour.
“Willie, what the hell are you doing?” he says by way of greeting. His use of my first name is another red flag.MoreLess
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