. my marital history with her helped me recognize the sticky cadence - she was inserting staccato pauses during quick inhales while tryping not to descend into whimpers .
" what are -"
" listen , " she said ." she said ." okay ? just listen ." she completed an audible cycle of inhale aand exhale ." i'm calling because i need you to get in touch with somebody for me .... somebody we knew back when .... we were together . an old friend of ours , or yours ."
"merideth , i'm -"
" i'm not done ," she said ." lease listen . i also need to know if sam prdy is still on suspension . for that thing .... he did ? diane told me about it at adrienne's funeral . i need to talk with him - or maybe you can talk to him for me - to see if he would be interested in doing a job for me , for us ?"
us ? me and merideth ? my oulse skipped at the isdea that she and i had a job that needed doing .
sam purdy was a bouldeer police detective , and a good friend . he was midst of a six-month suspension withhout pay from the department for misleading his superiors about a personal conflict he had on a case he had been investigating . the conflict ? he'd been sleeping with the victim , who happened to be another cop .
merideth grew tired of waiting for me to respond to her entreaty . she said . "it's something ... private , or we'd hire someone here . very ....private . for me , and and for eric . do you think sam would ... could you talk to him maybe ..." as a favor for ...please ? i know you guys are ..."
the part about calling sam didn't trouble me - sam may have been eager for some work - but my role in the equation that merideth was scrawling on the board remained indecipherable , and my discomfor at getting a call from her hadn't abated . whom did she want me contact ? i reviewed the roster of people in boulder who had been our friends during our marriage .
too long a list . i ot nowhere .
" what are -"
" listen , " she said ." she said ." okay ? just listen ." she completed an audible cycle of inhale aand exhale ." i'm calling because i need you to get in touch with somebody for me .... somebody we knew back when .... we were together . an old friend of ours , or yours ."
"merideth , i'm -"
" i'm not done ," she said ." lease listen . i also need to know if sam prdy is still on suspension . for that thing .... he did ? diane told me about it at adrienne's funeral . i need to talk with him - or maybe you can talk to him for me - to see if he would be interested in doing a job for me , for us ?"
us ? me and merideth ? my oulse skipped at the isdea that she and i had a job that needed doing .
sam purdy was a bouldeer police detective , and a good friend . he was midst of a six-month suspension withhout pay from the department for misleading his superiors about a personal conflict he had on a case he had been investigating . the conflict ? he'd been sleeping with the victim , who happened to be another cop .
merideth grew tired of waiting for me to respond to her entreaty . she said . "it's something ... private , or we'd hire someone here . very ....private . for me , and and for eric . do you think sam would ... could you talk to him maybe ..." as a favor for ...please ? i know you guys are ..."
the part about calling sam didn't trouble me - sam may have been eager for some work - but my role in the equation that merideth was scrawling on the board remained indecipherable , and my discomfor at getting a call from her hadn't abated . whom did she want me contact ? i reviewed the roster of people in boulder who had been our friends during our marriage .
too long a list . i ot nowhere .
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