At least that’s the way the scene looked to Deputy Chavez, who admired Gary Larson’s Far Side cartoons. “All this one needs,” Bernardo Chavez said, “is a palm tree and a duck.” A dust devil swirled across the baseline and chalk powdered the deputy’s Nocona boots. The Toro motored toward home plat...
So was Circe.But I was not alone. The little girl sat on the edge of Whistler’s bed, twisting a long strand of blonde hair around one finger.She sighed dramatically. “I thought you’d never wake up.”“Then you were wrong.” I smiled. “Some privacy, okay?” She giggled and covered her eyes while I dre...