Hooked by Matt Richtel

Author:Matt Richtel [Richtel, Matt]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9780446196437
Amazon: B000QRIGSA
Publisher: Twelve
Published: 2007-06-02T07:00:00+00:00

What should I say? What could I say?

At the least, she had neglected to tell me she was accused of felony arson. It didn’t seem like a small detail to leave out, given the prominent role fire suddenly was playing in our lives. At the most, Erin had actually committed felony arson, several times.

“My phone went dead,” I said.

I sent an e-mail and it bounced back; my phone battery went dead; I didn’t get your voice mail, how weird!

If we owe nothing else to the great advances in telecommunications of the twenty-first century, we at least should give it credit for availing us of a myriad of new excuses.

I might as well have told Erin the dog ate my peanut butter and honey homework.

“It rang five or six times every time I called,” she said, paused, then added, “Spare me,” in a resilient tone I hadn’t heard from her before.

“I didn’t want to miss the appointment with Mike.”

“I was worried about you. Jesus.”

I studied Erin’s face. Worry, fear. What else?

“I figured you must have come down here,” she said. “I wasn’t sure where else to look.”

“You just figured I’d come down here?”

“What’s your problem?”

“What’s my problem? My problem is I want to know what the hell is going on.”

She balled her fists together. Her eyes flickered.

“We’re on the same side here, right?”

She looked at my arm, which I had folded over Andy’s laptop. “I want to know what’s on the computer too. Did he open the diary? Let me see it.”

The diary. Of course. I should have looked in Mike’s office—so I might know if there was anything of interest before Erin made her appearance. I put the laptop in the trunk.

“Let’s check it out when we get there.”

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