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Spitfire Epilogue

Hallelujah

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There was no going back to the way things were.  Smiles and laughs and comfy evenings, those were behind us.  I knew that for sure by the time we both got out of the hospital in Ingram.  Whatever had happened to Dick had changed him.

He wore his leg in a cast and I drove him around, always.  We found a hotel in Ingram, far from Dick’s house, and we lived there.  Dick learned how to…

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Spitfire Chapter 23

Burn My Dread

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I never knew why, but when I was waiting for a phone call, I always felt a need to use the phone.  The call I was waiting for could come hours or days from now, so there was no harm in the interruption.  I took a seat on the hotel room bed and dialed.

I said, “Dad?”

“Barbara.”  Dad’s voice was rough, tired.  “Barbara, are you alright?”

Unexpected, but good so far.  I said, “I’m…

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Spitfire Chapter 22

It Won’t Be Long

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I saw myself in the news.  They reported me as a suspect in the Garrett investigation, last seen assaulting a cop and currently in hiding.  I figured the police had rounded up everyone they could find, and now they were sniffing for stragglers like.

They could come to this hospital, cuff me, and take me away any moment, and I couldn’t do a damn thing to stop them.  I couldn’t…

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Chapter Nine

Heat Coming Down

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“Why the fuck didn’t you lawyer up?” Dick said.  “C’mon, Barb.  Don’t ever say a thing to the police without a lawyer.  Don’t even breathe too loud without a lawyer.”

I stood still, watching Dick pace across his hotel room.  “I didn’t need one,” I said.

“Yes you did,” Dick said.  “You got lucky, talking your way out.  And you can bet the police know your name now, if they…

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