he's here ," he said fast into the phone ." the guy who robbed us at tahoe . the shooter . he followed me from casino ."
"ellliott ? do you know it'
s three in the morning ? what 's the matter ?" came the sleepy voice with its accent that took the r way inside the mouth .
"you are probably aware that most of what happens on a daily basis follows qa pattern , a predictable one ," he said ." today 's unique . the ski -mask guy has found me ."
"hang on a minute ."he heard a male sigh in the background . all the way from boston . raj , next pillow over . then silke got back on ." i have turned on the light ," she said ." if this is one of your persecution delusions . i will never talk to you again ."
"i'm giving you faxts , nothing more , i made a few bucks and i got hungry so i stopped at this restaurant ...."
"are you playing blackjack again ? 9i thought we agreed ...."
"just a hand or two ."
"just wait a minute , bac k up . elliot , where are you exactly ? vegas ? atlantic city ?"
"tahoe ."
silewnce on the other end of the line while she digested the information and passed it along to raj ; well he had wanted to shock her ealier , and now he had gotten his wish .
"have you lost your mind ?"
"it
's been two years . i wanted to findout whether it was all over ." it's been two yers . i wanted to find out whether it was all over . it's been bothering me .
" i don't know what to say to you , elliot . you promised yopu'd stay awayu from there ."\
"yes , and that's not the only remarkable thing happing . i ran into carleen earlier ."
"carleen ?" silke sounded copnfused ." she was withg the robber ?"no , no ! she was playing cards . i left her at casino and drove to another part of twon .i'm coming out of this restaurant and some dude in a hat has got his hand on my wheel cover and he's bending down , he stands up and seess me and leaves . it's him ."
"did he say anything ?"
"no ,"
"you got a good lookt at him ?"
"it was dark . he wore a baseball cap this time .but it's him .
ski mask ."
"you sy he followed you ."
"i'm at zephgyr cover in a tract where the locals live . it's midnight . there's nobody around but me and the people who work at the restaurant , and i come out to find this guy examining my car ."
silke said ." remember how in junior year you thought a a police siren was following you all the time and you had to stop driving ...?"
"i'm not imaggin9ing this ."
" how can you be sure you recognized him ?"
elliot hesitated ." i still couldn't tell you what his face looks likew . but his right foot turns outward about eighteen degrees ."
"oh , no ." she covered the phone and he heard muttering on the other end .
raj got on the phone ." hello , old man . has he gone ?"
"he let .i'm safe , think . the car's right in front of the restaurant front door ."
"was it unlocked ?"
"no , and the alarm was on . you think he was trying to steal it ?"
"maybe he saw you win . maybe he wanted to steal your money . he robs people . you know that ."
"he'd know my cash wasd on me . damn , raj . could it bea coincidence ? do you think he remembered me ? maybe he planned to hide in the back seat and attack me ...."
"ellliott ? do you know it'
s three in the morning ? what 's the matter ?" came the sleepy voice with its accent that took the r way inside the mouth .
"you are probably aware that most of what happens on a daily basis follows qa pattern , a predictable one ," he said ." today 's unique . the ski -mask guy has found me ."
"hang on a minute ."he heard a male sigh in the background . all the way from boston . raj , next pillow over . then silke got back on ." i have turned on the light ," she said ." if this is one of your persecution delusions . i will never talk to you again ."
"i'm giving you faxts , nothing more , i made a few bucks and i got hungry so i stopped at this restaurant ...."
"are you playing blackjack again ? 9i thought we agreed ...."
"just a hand or two ."
"just wait a minute , bac k up . elliot , where are you exactly ? vegas ? atlantic city ?"
"tahoe ."
silewnce on the other end of the line while she digested the information and passed it along to raj ; well he had wanted to shock her ealier , and now he had gotten his wish .
"have you lost your mind ?"
"it
's been two years . i wanted to findout whether it was all over ." it's been two yers . i wanted to find out whether it was all over . it's been bothering me .
" i don't know what to say to you , elliot . you promised yopu'd stay awayu from there ."\
"yes , and that's not the only remarkable thing happing . i ran into carleen earlier ."
"carleen ?" silke sounded copnfused ." she was withg the robber ?"no , no ! she was playing cards . i left her at casino and drove to another part of twon .i'm coming out of this restaurant and some dude in a hat has got his hand on my wheel cover and he's bending down , he stands up and seess me and leaves . it's him ."
"did he say anything ?"
"no ,"
"you got a good lookt at him ?"
"it was dark . he wore a baseball cap this time .but it's him .
ski mask ."
"you sy he followed you ."
"i'm at zephgyr cover in a tract where the locals live . it's midnight . there's nobody around but me and the people who work at the restaurant , and i come out to find this guy examining my car ."
silke said ." remember how in junior year you thought a a police siren was following you all the time and you had to stop driving ...?"
"i'm not imaggin9ing this ."
" how can you be sure you recognized him ?"
elliot hesitated ." i still couldn't tell you what his face looks likew . but his right foot turns outward about eighteen degrees ."
"oh , no ." she covered the phone and he heard muttering on the other end .
raj got on the phone ." hello , old man . has he gone ?"
"he let .i'm safe , think . the car's right in front of the restaurant front door ."
"was it unlocked ?"
"no , and the alarm was on . you think he was trying to steal it ?"
"maybe he saw you win . maybe he wanted to steal your money . he robs people . you know that ."
"he'd know my cash wasd on me . damn , raj . could it bea coincidence ? do you think he remembered me ? maybe he planned to hide in the back seat and attack me ...."
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