Ford County: A Short Story Collection by John Grisham

Author:John Grisham [Grisham, John]
Language: eng
Format: azw3
ISBN: 9780440246213
Published: 2010-03-09T00:00:00+00:00

Bobby Carl jumped ship in Puerto Rico and scrambled to find flights back to Memphis. He arrived in Ford County late that evening and drove, in a rented Hertz subcompact, straight to the casino, where he found few gamblers, and even fewer employees who knew anything about what had happened the previous night. The manager had quit and could not be found. One of the pit bosses who’d dealt with Sidney was likewise rumored to have fled the county. Bobby Carl threatened to fire everyone else, except for Chief Larry, who was overwhelmed by the chaos. At midnight, Bobby Carl was meeting with the bank president and a team of lawyers, and the anxiety level was through the roof.

Stella was still on the cruise ship, but unable to enjoy herself. In the midst of the chaos, when Bobby Carl was screaming into the phones and throwing things, she had heard him yell, “Sidney Lewis! Who the hell is Sidney Lewis?”

She said nothing, at least nothing about the Sidney Lewis she knew, and found it impossible to believe that her ex-husband had been capable of breaking a casino. Still, she was very uncomfortable, and when the ship docked at George Town on Grand Cayman, she took a cab to the airport and headed home.

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