Three Green Notebooks Left in a Cedar Chest on Elm Street

looking him directly in the eyes.

He glanced at his watch again, his foot still tapping. “I am just telling you how the county works. People who make trouble do not find things very easy around here.”

I did not answer him. I walked straight past his shoulder, forcing him to step aside into the damp grass of the ditch.

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