A Hell Of A Woman (Crime Masterworks) - Plot & Excerpts
Great God, the police were after her and she'd led them right to me!My foot slipped off the clutch, and the car leaped forward. I jammed my foot down on the gas. Inside of two blocks I was doing seventy, right through the early morning traffic, and God, I don't know how I kept from being pinched or from smashing into someone. Then, I began to think again, and I slapped on the brakes. But I didn't stop.The hell the police were following her! I knew damned weil they weren't. But I wanted to get her away from the store neighborhood. If Staples saw us together, it would be just as bad as if the police were on our tail."Now, what's this all about?" I said, finally, heading the car toward the country. "I know the police aren't watching you. I know, see."I told her about the afternoon before, how I'd wanted to see her but I wasn't the kind of guy to give way to my emotions. The important thing was to take care of her, make sure that everything was okay. So I'd taken time off from my job, gone to all kinds of trouble, and done it."B-but they don't do it in the daytime, Dolly.
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