| Your morn would know to the minute |
[18 Dec 2012|02:02pm] |
'Your morn would know to the minute, to the sec-ond.'
'Probably,' Del agreed.
Although Tommy couldn't understand more than an occasional word of what his mother was saying, he had no doubt that she was furious with the person on the other end of the line. He winced at her tone and was relieved that he wasn't on the receiving end of her anger.1 commentTweetNike All Conditions Gear is known for its especially exuberant brand of outdoor and offroad gear, but even during the division's eras of peak production, Nike Running has often blazed their own paths.
Behind them, the Peterbilt was gaining. It had closed the gap to only a block.
Tommy said worriedly, 'Del?'
'I see it,' she assured him, checking her side mirror and then accelerating even though they were already travelling dangerously fast for the street conditions of this residential neighbourhood.
With a final burst of invective in Vietnamese, Tommy's mother switched off the cellular phone. 'Stupid woman,' she said.
'Give it a rest,' Del advised.
'Not you,' said Mother Phan. 'You bad news, wicked, dangerous, but not stupid.'
'Thank you,' said Del.
'I mean Quy. Stupid woman.' Tommy said, 'Who?'
'Mrs. Quy Trang Dai.'
'Who's Quy Trang Dai?'
'Stupid woman.'
'Aside from being a stupid woman, who is she?'
'Hairdresser.'
Tommy said, 'I still don't understand why we're going to the hairdresser.'
'You need a trim,' Del told him.
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Mother Phan said, 'Quy my age but different.'
'Different how?' Tommy asked.
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'Oh, I see, yes,' Tommy said. 'She's utterly different from you, Mom.'
He turned in his seat to peer anxiously out the rear window. The truck was bearing down on them, perhaps two-thirds of a block away.
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'Sort of like Pittsburgh,' Del said.
'What strange knowledge?' Tommy asked.
'Magic. But not magic like stupid Roland Ironwright pulls rabbits from hats and Mai thinks clever.'
'Magic,' Tommy said numbly.
'This magic like making potion to win love of girl, making charm to succeed in business. But also worse.'
'Worse how?'
'Talking to dead,' Mother Phan said ominously, 'learn-ing secrets about land of dead, making dead walk and work as slaves.'
The Peterbilt was half a block behind them. As it approached, the roar of its engine was growing louder than that of the Jaguar.
Del pushed the Jaguar as hard as she dared, but she continued to lose ground.
Tommy's mother said, 'Xan River magic bring spirits from dark underworld, put curse on sorcerer's enemies.'
'This Xan River is definitely a part of the planet that's under the influence of evil extraterrestrial powers,' Del declared.
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