The Twenty-Three 3 (Promise Falls) - Plot & Excerpts
Gale asked her husband in the morning. Angus Carlson was sitting on the edge of the bed, elbows on his knees, head in his hands. “No,” he said. “You’re going to be okay,” she said. “They’re going to decide you did the right thing.” “Probably,” he said, getting up and walking naked into the bathroom. “But it could still go all to shit. A cop does a righteous shoot—then they turn the facts all around later.” “We should do something today,” she said, propping herself up in bed, rearranging the pillow at her back. “Something fun. We should just get in the car and get out of this town. Try to forget everything that’s happened.” She could hear a familiar trickle. Once she had heard the flush, she continued. “I know it’s hard to do, but we need to try to put all these things out of our heads, even if it’s just for a few hours.” “I don’t know,” he said from the other room. “Why don’t we . . . I’ve got it. Why don’t we drive to Montreal?
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