Among The Wicked: A Kate Burkholder Novel - Plot & Excerpts
and I’m in my office at the station, my phone pressed to my ear, listening to a bad rendition of Journey’s “Wheel in the Sky.” From the reception area, I hear Mona arguing with a caller about a snow plow that blocked her driveway with snow. So far Mona’s winning the argument. I didn’t get much sleep last night. Not because I didn’t make good with Tomasetti. I did. But I couldn’t stop thinking about the assignment. I couldn’t stop anticipating all the things that could go wrong or wondering if I have what it will take to pull it off. Maybe Tomasetti was right. Maybe I’d get up there and find myself in over my head. Then I thought of the dead fifteen-year-old Amish girl, the forty children at risk, and an Amish community that has fallen under suspicion, and I realized I didn’t have a choice. All I can do is my best. It’s all any of us can offer. I hope it’s enough. I rose early and left while Tomasetti was in the shower. I called Betancourt on my way to the station.
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