All the way out to Idlewood, Todd was trying to think of an in.
Because--he and Reyes had agreed--there was absolutely no reason for Clemson McCain to say yes. McCain had been a prisoner of the federal government for forty-five years, a prisoner in a Plexiglas box for fourteen of them, and while he was a model prisoner, save for that one lapse in 1995, neither of them deluded themselves that that meant a damn thing, save that Clemson McCain was too smart to waste his energy fighting a battle he could never win.
But this battle he could win. All he had to do was say no.
"Posterity" - Ashton, VA, September 2009
"Silence" - Ashton, VA, August 2009
"A Good-looking Badge Instills Confidence" - Bloomington, IN, October 2009
Dear Mr. Reyes,
You clearly have us mistaken for some other Tom and Betty Johnson. My husband and I are ordinary, honest Americans. We live modestly on the rent from our Minneapolis fourplex. Most of the year, we're not even in Minnesota, so if you're looking for someone who did something there, it can't be us. We're usually in California, at what Tom calls our little love nest in the Morongo Valley. But I'm sure your people know about that by now.
"Always Crashing In The Same Car" - by Will Shetterly
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