" eric doesn't know . he says that he and lisa have nebver talked about the grand canyon . about what happened down there . the missing girl . what happened since . nothing , it's some big taboo ."
she didn't sound like she believed him . i added that impression to ever-enlargingit's none of my business register ." what did happen down there ? i asked ." thew missing girl , did they find herr ?"
" i told you all i know ," merideth said ." she disappeared overnight . they did a search . that flash flood hit . came . whatever fash floods do ."
""she hasn't shown up anywhere ?"
"apparently not ."
"is she dead ?"
"shre may be dead , she my be not be ."
i cheewed on the sparese details for a moment before i said ," why don't you call the people we know in boulder yourself ? why do you want me to do it ?"
" there were your friends . menatl health types ."
merideth had always divided our friends into subspecies . mine were the menatal-health types , hers were the TV news people . i al;ways though the groupings sounded like compeing clans of anatagonists in some celluloid science fiction fable i wouldn't want to sit through .
"anyway ," she said ." if i call and rell the girl that i'm eric's finance'sshe'll assume i'm on his side . you might be able to come off as neurtral ."
my neutrality didn't sound like a particularly desireable trait . it felt more like she was comparing me to switzerland in 1941 . she was also undervaluing her ability to seduce information from reluctant people . merideth was a pro at it .
"there are sides in all this ?" i asked .
"yes," she said ." those who climbed out early - eric and lisa and that other girl - are on one side , and those who stayed to help with the search are the other . his old girlfriend is part of the group that stayed ." she sighed .
she didn't sound like she believed him . i added that impression to ever-enlargingit's none of my business register ." what did happen down there ? i asked ." thew missing girl , did they find herr ?"
" i told you all i know ," merideth said ." she disappeared overnight . they did a search . that flash flood hit . came . whatever fash floods do ."
""she hasn't shown up anywhere ?"
"apparently not ."
"is she dead ?"
"shre may be dead , she my be not be ."
i cheewed on the sparese details for a moment before i said ," why don't you call the people we know in boulder yourself ? why do you want me to do it ?"
" there were your friends . menatl health types ."
merideth had always divided our friends into subspecies . mine were the menatal-health types , hers were the TV news people . i al;ways though the groupings sounded like compeing clans of anatagonists in some celluloid science fiction fable i wouldn't want to sit through .
"anyway ," she said ." if i call and rell the girl that i'm eric's finance'sshe'll assume i'm on his side . you might be able to come off as neurtral ."
my neutrality didn't sound like a particularly desireable trait . it felt more like she was comparing me to switzerland in 1941 . she was also undervaluing her ability to seduce information from reluctant people . merideth was a pro at it .
"there are sides in all this ?" i asked .
"yes," she said ." those who climbed out early - eric and lisa and that other girl - are on one side , and those who stayed to help with the search are the other . his old girlfriend is part of the group that stayed ." she sighed .
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