i always knew where he stood ." i'm happy to tell you why i want tio talk with her , wallace , it's a favor i'm doing for merideth ."
the pause that followed was poignant ." your ...merideth ?"
"mu...ex-merideth , yes ."
"" if i can be candid , aln , i'm surprosed that merideth remembers any of our kids . she didn't exactlypay a lot of attention to them wen they were young ."
from wallace poteet , that was as pointed as criticism got .
"merideth would probably be the first to admit that now . she's grown up i think . this favor ....is about something that's happened in her life since she left boulder . she's involved with someone who crossed paths with carmel a few years back . they have a mutual friend , apparently .merideth is tryping to get in touch with that person , and hopes that carmel can help[ . that's it ."
my hpone buzzed in my hand . i pulled it away from my face long enough to discover thta another call was coming . i had no faith in my ability to make call waiting work . i was hopless . i let the calll go .
wallace said ." i found it . here it is , cara 's number ." he dictated ten digits ."that 's her cell . she doesn't answere most of the time , but she's pretty good about returning calls in a day or two ."
i as going to leave things there and wait intil i had a chance to connect with carmel . but i said ," thanks . wallace , doo you by chance know anyting about some garnd canyond trip from a few years back- a trip to the canyon floor that carmel took with friends when she was still at oxy ?"
it sounded as though wallace dropped the phone . for about two seconds , i actually allowed myself the luxury of considering it a a coincidence , once he had the recieve back near his face m his voice had a breathless quality , the illusion of happenstance evaporated . he said ," did they find that girl ? is that what this is ? is hse dead ? she is , isn't she ? they found her body . criminy , cara thought something had happened ."
the pause that followed was poignant ." your ...merideth ?"
"mu...ex-merideth , yes ."
"" if i can be candid , aln , i'm surprosed that merideth remembers any of our kids . she didn't exactlypay a lot of attention to them wen they were young ."
from wallace poteet , that was as pointed as criticism got .
"merideth would probably be the first to admit that now . she's grown up i think . this favor ....is about something that's happened in her life since she left boulder . she's involved with someone who crossed paths with carmel a few years back . they have a mutual friend , apparently .merideth is tryping to get in touch with that person , and hopes that carmel can help[ . that's it ."
my hpone buzzed in my hand . i pulled it away from my face long enough to discover thta another call was coming . i had no faith in my ability to make call waiting work . i was hopless . i let the calll go .
wallace said ." i found it . here it is , cara 's number ." he dictated ten digits ."that 's her cell . she doesn't answere most of the time , but she's pretty good about returning calls in a day or two ."
i as going to leave things there and wait intil i had a chance to connect with carmel . but i said ," thanks . wallace , doo you by chance know anyting about some garnd canyond trip from a few years back- a trip to the canyon floor that carmel took with friends when she was still at oxy ?"
it sounded as though wallace dropped the phone . for about two seconds , i actually allowed myself the luxury of considering it a a coincidence , once he had the recieve back near his face m his voice had a breathless quality , the illusion of happenstance evaporated . he said ," did they find that girl ? is that what this is ? is hse dead ? she is , isn't she ? they found her body . criminy , cara thought something had happened ."
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