He scanned the horizon.... «The Pale-Faced Lie»
cat_on_the_shelf22 января 2022He scanned the horizon. “How long since we’ve seen someone?”
“Huh? I don’t know. I think a truck might have passed us before we turned down this road.”
“What color was it? How many people were in it? Did they look like police, BIA workers, or Navajos that might live nearby?”
I shook my head. “I don’t remember.”
“When I ask you these things, boy, you better have answers—it might mean the difference between swiping enough to make a good profit and going to jail. You don’t want to go to jail, do you?”
I knew not to challenge Dad. He’d just call me stupid and stay mad at me a long time. Being in the car with him when he was angry was like getting beat up in a phone booth—there was no escape.
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