Too Close to Home
“Ellen asked me as Conrad and Illeana sped up the lane in his shiny new Audi. “He looked like thunder after you were done talking to him.”
“Maybe I should have found a more polite way to suggest that he ripped off some dead kid’s novel,” I said.
“This is terrific,” Ellen said, shaking her head. “Just fucking terrific. I guess I can start looking for a new job tomorrow.”
“Hey, I was only doing what you suggested,” I said. “I talked to him before going to Barry.”
“You should have let me do it.”
“Y...ou already tried, didn’t you? While I was out this morning. You called but didn’t get him.”
“All right, so I wanted to talk to him before you did. Without all the added baggage that you’d bring to things. And if he hadn’t shown up with Illeana, I’d probably have done it before you got back.”
“I gave him a chance to explain,” I said. “I’d call that doing him a favor.”
“And?” Ellen asked. “What’d he say?”
“A lot of things. But none of them included any kind of explanation.”MoreLess
“Maybe I should have found a more polite way to suggest that he ripped off some dead kid’s novel,” I said.
“This is terrific,” Ellen said, shaking her head. “Just fucking terrific. I guess I can start looking for a new job tomorrow.”
“Hey, I was only doing what you suggested,” I said. “I talked to him before going to Barry.”
“You should have let me do it.”
“Y...ou already tried, didn’t you? While I was out this morning. You called but didn’t get him.”
“All right, so I wanted to talk to him before you did. Without all the added baggage that you’d bring to things. And if he hadn’t shown up with Illeana, I’d probably have done it before you got back.”
“I gave him a chance to explain,” I said. “I’d call that doing him a favor.”
“And?” Ellen asked. “What’d he say?”
“A lot of things. But none of them included any kind of explanation.”MoreLess
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