“What? Now, you mean? Right now?”

“Yeah. Come on over. I’m in number seventeen.”

“Well, I can’t right now. There’s—I just can’t.”

“Why not?” he says.

“I’m—well, actually I was just getting ready to leave.”

“Where are you going?”

“Indiana. David’s got a new commission out there.”

“David?” he says.

“Yes. It just came up. He’s waiting for me.”

“Waiting for you where?”

“In Indiana. I just told you.”

“You’re flying out to Indiana to meet David?”

“Yes. I was just going out the door when the phone rang.” He hears the loud splash of the fat man hitting the pool outside. Then nothing. A distant siren. “Hello,” she says. “Are you still there?”

“Where am I supposed to go?” he says.

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