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constitution can handle.тАЭ
Raul offered sympathy, Mindy offered a beer and I told the
lot of them to blow it out their ears. I had made that Chicken
Ranchero mild enough for a newborn baby to eat, but to hear
these sissies talk, you'd think I laced the thing with napalm.
Geez, hadn't used more than three pounds of mutant
habanero peppers.
Coming from the other side of the lake, a guy in a small
dinghy continued rowing our way. Earlier, I had dismissed it
as merely another fisherman heading for the deep water in
the center of the lake. But I realized now that he was well
past that point and coming towards us.
Automatically I stared at him through my sunglasses.
When nothing happened, I muttered a curse and stuffed them
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into my shirt pocket. I'd forgotten that my Bureau sunglasses
were in the luggage back at the cabin. These dopey things
only blocked sunlight, nothing more.
тАЬAnybody have their sunglasses with them?тАЭ Mindy asked
in a very casual voice.
Everybody answered in the negative. George probably did,
but he was a hundred feet away on the beach. Bureau
sunglasses were good, but they do have limits. From that far
away, anybody's Kirlian aura would be only a smeary blur.
Taking his sweet time, the guy rowed closer and closer. He
was slim, about my height, wearing denims and a cotton work
shirt. Back-rowing, he came to a halt about fifty feet away,
well clear of our lines.
тАЬAhoy, there!тАЭ he called, through cupped hands. тАЬHave any
of you seen a woman and little boy swimming around here
today?тАЭ
I relaxed. Just a father looking for his misplaced family.
тАЬSorry,тАЭ Raul shouted, casting again. тАЬBeen here since
dawn and haven't seen a soul!тАЭ
тАЬWhen did you last see them?тАЭ Father Donaher inquired.
The guy seemed to ignore that. тАЬYou sure?тАЭ he asked,
sounding concerned, almost frightened. тАЬPositive?тАЭ
тАЬAbsolutely,тАЭ I answered loudly. тАЬLake's been deserted all
day.тАЭ
Strangely, that seemed to cheer him and he gave a big
smile. тАЬBoy, that's great news.тАЭ
тАЬWhy?тАЭ Raul asked, before I could.
In response, the guy insanely stood in his boat. But it
didn't rock or tip. Almost as if the thing was nailed to the
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