"Don't hit me, but when you stuck your boobs out, the idea that it could be a woman popped into my head."
She slugged him anyway.
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Five hundred yards behind, a dark, green van followed. The vehicle's side panel sported several new dents where a child had repeatedly practiced penalty shots on it with a soccer ball that morning. Crouched low behind the wheel, Dehorsouci peered over the dash with bloodshot eyes, like a praying mantis waiting for the fly to land on a flower petal.
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These excerpts you keep putting in here just keep getting better and better.....
ReplyDeleteYou just HAD to pick the scene where David checks out her boobs, didn't you? Ruthi, you are incorrigible! People of the world, David is not a pig!
ReplyDeleteGlad you're enjoying the 100 word shares, Brenda.
ReplyDeleteMe incorrigible? Possibly. (I've been accused of that on nunmerous occasions.) However... in this case, I must say... You, John, are the author of that scene...smiles!
ReplyDeleteThis scene is one of many where Renee & David go back n forth to solve a puzzle. Their confidence is growing and their efficiency as a problem solving team is about to hit high gear. The irony is the bad guys are actually pulling their strings, guiding them, giving them sufficient motivation to continue the quest. I wish there was a way to add a sound track to a novel.
ReplyDeleteYes, the fact that David and Renee are puppets on that string irritates me (for them, of course). I have learned to appreciate all the important stuff hidden in your dialogue.
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