This Wicked World by RICHARD LANGE

Author:RICHARD LANGE
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: FIC000000
ISBN: 9780316053280
Publisher: Little, Brown and Company
Published: 2009-06-30T10:00:00+00:00

13

FRIDAY AT NOON BOONE DIALS THE NUMBER HE GOT FOR BIG Unc from Morrison’s notebook.

“Playpen,” barks the man who answers.

Boone is taken aback but recovers quickly. “Is Big Unc there?” he asks.

“He comes in around two. Who’s this?”

“Who’s this?”

“This is Tim.”

“Tim, right,” Boone says. “Thanks, Tim.”

“Hold on, now,” Tim sputters. “Who the fuck is this?”

Boone hangs up. He can pull the address for the Playpen off the Internet and drive over to talk to this Unc about Joto this afternoon and still be back in plenty of time to pick up Amy and go to Carl’s to watch the boxing match.

He walks into the kitchen and opens a can of food for Joto. The dog dives right in when he sets the bowl on the floor. Boone hasn’t heard anything from Loretta about someone wanting to adopt him. She should shoot some new photos once he’s healthier.

“Henry,” Boone says, trying out the name Morrison mentioned. “Hey, Henry.” The dog doesn’t look up.

Boone makes himself a ham and cheese sandwich, pulls a beer out of the refrigerator, and returns to the living room to eat in front of the TV. The news is on. Car bombs and Internet sex stings, miracle babies and tainted meat. Payday’s tomorrow, and he’s got thirty bucks to last him until then. Shouldn’t be any big thing though. The Olds has half a tank of gas in it, and there’s a decent bottle of wine in the cupboard to take over to Carl’s.

He tosses Joto a corner of his sandwich and changes the channel. “Today we’re talking to teenage tramps,” some white-haired joker says.

A new crack has appeared in the ceiling of the bungalow, like a black bolt of lightning in a white sky. Boone wonders if there was an earthquake yesterday. Sometimes, when you’re on the move, you don’t even feel the little ones.

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