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the Bowler home , he was ready to help Carol’s parents make some sense of all that had taken place .
*****
Back at the ACAA Jacks screamed at his assistant. “What do you mean she said to call tomorrow ? W ho the hell has a day off in the middle of the week when a child is involved ? ”
Jacks was not just a little irritated at the Magill woman ; he was furious.
“Call her back... naw , give me that phone, I will call her myself. Of all the rude unprofessional nerve … ”
He dialed the number but there was no answer. After three tries he quit.
“Are you sure you got the right woman?”
“I am sure; she told me who she was. She just said no business on her day off . T hat’s all.”
“ So we call her tomorrow and won’t worry about it now . Maybe t hen she will feel like helping a kid . I am going to run down to the diner and get a sandwich . T hen l et’s work on that case where the mother’s boyfriend burned her baby with cigarette s. I want him real bad! Do you have the papers ready for me on that one?”
“Yes sir.”
When he returned the girl forgot to mention that Honey had called back. After working another hour , he was still thinking of the little girl , Carol , who had to be hospitalized after they forced her from her mother’s arms. She had become hysterical and then just passed out. Not being sure of her medical history, they were taking all precautions. Magill was the only child therapist at the mental health facility in the town in which Carol lived. He had hoped to have her go with him to see Carol at the hospital since s he was supposedly an expert with children.
He was thinking the woman was probably a s notty, stuck up, old stick in the mud type and h e took a perverse pleasure in picturing a wrinkled up old prune face who would be shocked at what he could say to her!
“ W hat did you say? ”
He realized Tina had spoken to him.
“I asked if you wanted me to have Sandra file this at the court house first thing in the morning.”
She always looked at him with th ese funny little look s which w ere very annoying and he found himself thinking I do not like this woman very much. Realizing that it was probably his rotten mood that was at fault he said a bit nicer, “ Guess I am just preoccupied ... . why don’t we call it a day ? I a m ready to get the hell out of here and I am sure you are too . ”
She was. They wrapped it up and left the office to others who were working late.
Jacks stopped on the way home and picked up some steaks for the grill thinking he would invite someone over for dinner. He would enjoy some company and there was this Billy Ann he met the week before who indicated an interest in seeing him on a more personal level. Maybe he would call her.
By the time he got home , he had called her and two other women he knew and none could make it to dinner. Well, he chided himself, it was a last minute thing , what did you expect? He was not discouraged and was determined to grill anyway. He had bought one of those homemade barrel-looking grills from one of the guys at work, whose uncle made them and had yet to try it out. He said to himself , “ Who said you need company to enjoy a good steak? ” Then h e laughed and answered himself , “ You did, you fool !” It was true, he always said to enjoy a good meal a person had to share it with someone or it just was no t good.
He made a salad and toasted some garlic bread wh i le his steak marinated and he thought about Sheila’s phone call the day before . Something still bugged him about it but he could not figure out what . She was not the Sheila he remembered from the office . Was she trying to warn him of something? It seemed so, but what? He was certain she was being monitored on the call, but why ? And why did they want him personally to handle the case? He was
*****
Back at the ACAA Jacks screamed at his assistant. “What do you mean she said to call tomorrow ? W ho the hell has a day off in the middle of the week when a child is involved ? ”
Jacks was not just a little irritated at the Magill woman ; he was furious.
“Call her back... naw , give me that phone, I will call her myself. Of all the rude unprofessional nerve … ”
He dialed the number but there was no answer. After three tries he quit.
“Are you sure you got the right woman?”
“I am sure; she told me who she was. She just said no business on her day off . T hat’s all.”
“ So we call her tomorrow and won’t worry about it now . Maybe t hen she will feel like helping a kid . I am going to run down to the diner and get a sandwich . T hen l et’s work on that case where the mother’s boyfriend burned her baby with cigarette s. I want him real bad! Do you have the papers ready for me on that one?”
“Yes sir.”
When he returned the girl forgot to mention that Honey had called back. After working another hour , he was still thinking of the little girl , Carol , who had to be hospitalized after they forced her from her mother’s arms. She had become hysterical and then just passed out. Not being sure of her medical history, they were taking all precautions. Magill was the only child therapist at the mental health facility in the town in which Carol lived. He had hoped to have her go with him to see Carol at the hospital since s he was supposedly an expert with children.
He was thinking the woman was probably a s notty, stuck up, old stick in the mud type and h e took a perverse pleasure in picturing a wrinkled up old prune face who would be shocked at what he could say to her!
“ W hat did you say? ”
He realized Tina had spoken to him.
“I asked if you wanted me to have Sandra file this at the court house first thing in the morning.”
She always looked at him with th ese funny little look s which w ere very annoying and he found himself thinking I do not like this woman very much. Realizing that it was probably his rotten mood that was at fault he said a bit nicer, “ Guess I am just preoccupied ... . why don’t we call it a day ? I a m ready to get the hell out of here and I am sure you are too . ”
She was. They wrapped it up and left the office to others who were working late.
Jacks stopped on the way home and picked up some steaks for the grill thinking he would invite someone over for dinner. He would enjoy some company and there was this Billy Ann he met the week before who indicated an interest in seeing him on a more personal level. Maybe he would call her.
By the time he got home , he had called her and two other women he knew and none could make it to dinner. Well, he chided himself, it was a last minute thing , what did you expect? He was not discouraged and was determined to grill anyway. He had bought one of those homemade barrel-looking grills from one of the guys at work, whose uncle made them and had yet to try it out. He said to himself , “ Who said you need company to enjoy a good steak? ” Then h e laughed and answered himself , “ You did, you fool !” It was true, he always said to enjoy a good meal a person had to share it with someone or it just was no t good.
He made a salad and toasted some garlic bread wh i le his steak marinated and he thought about Sheila’s phone call the day before . Something still bugged him about it but he could not figure out what . She was not the Sheila he remembered from the office . Was she trying to warn him of something? It seemed so, but what? He was certain she was being monitored on the call, but why ? And why did they want him personally to handle the case? He was
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