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" Since I didn't have a candy wrapper to help me with the bad connection I was about to have, I resorted to using vocal sound effects. When Agent Carson picked up, I started my performance. "Agent... Agent Carson," I said, panting into the phone.
"Yes, Charley." She seemed unimpressed, but I wasn't about to stop now.
"I--I know who the kshshshshshsh are."
"I'm a little busy right now, Davidson. What is a Ksh, and why do I care?"
"I'm sorry. My kshshsh... is kshshsh... ing."
I repeat. What is a Ksh? And why do I care if it is ksh-ing?"
She was a tough one. I knew I should have waited and bought a Butterfinger at the Jug-N-Chug. Those wrappers crakled like Rice Krispies on a Saturday morning. "You aren't listeni--kshshsh."
"You're really bad at this."
"Bank ro-ksh-ers. I know who they kshshsh."
"Charley, if you don't cut this crap out."
I hung up and turned off my phone before she could figure out what I was trying not to tell her and call back. "
― Darynda Jones , Fourth Grave Beneath My Feet (Charley Davidson, #4)
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" They walked to the doors, and she unlocked them. Before she could say anything, I began the show.
"Garrett! Oh, my God!" I rushed forward and threw my arms around him. "What happened? Who did this?"
"I was mugged."
"Do we say mugged in Albuquerque?"
He glared at me.
"I'm so sorry. I'll take you to the hospital."
Disappointment lined the guard's face. But it quickly transformed into confusion. "Wait, I thought you said your name was Reyes. Reyes Farrow."
After I gaped at him for an eternity, an eternity in which he struggled to conceal [a] mischievous grin, I turned back to her. "It is. It's Reyes Garrett Farrow. Not Reyes Alexander Farrow." I snorted and waved a dismissive hand. "That's another guy altogether."
She wrinkled her forehead in suspicion.
"Gotta go," I said, hurrying him along. "Have to get this man to a hospital for multiple stab wounds."
"He was stabbed?" she asked with a concerned gasp.
"Not yet, but the night is young. "
― Darynda Jones , The Trouble with Twelfth Grave (Charley Davidson, #12)