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Taking Chances, by E. L. Van Hine and L.H. Nicoll
MaineWriter:
And the end of Chapter 44:
Ennis pulled out and rolled Ellery’s body gently back and against him, straightening his spine from the sustained strain, and bent once more, lapping the salt beneath his ear and along his collar bone. “Okay?”
“Yeah... need more huggin...” Ellery gasped, shivering, vulnerable, everything about him today, seemed vulnerable, and when Ennis looked down into his steely eyes they were clouded and anxious. He drew him against his chest from behind, fingers stroking the smooth flesh of his long torso, lips brushing his neck and shoulder, lapping the place where he nipped him.
“As much huggin as ya want darlin,” he murmured.
“Some bad things happened at work today Ennis. Real bad things. An I’m in em up to my neck.”
“It’s gonna be okay darlin,” Ennis responded, not asking questions. “No matter what it is, cause we’re in it together.”
Ellery sighed. “I got ta talk about it, okay?”
“Okay.”
Ellery closed his eyes, two tears forming beneath his burning lids. “Well thank god for that at least,” he sighed.
L
MaineWriter:
And our last quote of the day, from Chapter 45:
He walked back out toward Dupree’s desk, and he was eating a bran muffin with Joe. “Ya see, Joe, it ain’t so cut an dried as savin money for the taxpayers. When ya got a death penalty case ya got appeals, ya got reviews, ya got Supreme Courts sittin on the warrant for the execution, maintenance a facilities…”
“How can that compare with a lifelong support in custody, Dupree?” Joe was saying, sipping on a cup of black coffee.
“Besides that is all aside a the point which is… if new exculpatory evidence comes ta light, yer falsely-convicted suspect is dead an can’t be freed. I don’t know if that is something I would want ta live with. Which is why I’m in police work instead a lawyerin. Besides all the bullshit involved in lawyerin a course. Hey Chief,” Dupree looked up. “Joe got a muffin with yer name on it.”
“What the hell happened ta my standin order fer biscuits, Joe?” Ellery frowned, setting down the Steele file.
“Uh… you should get inta eatin bran, keeps yer bowels regular,” Joe said.
“I don’t need my bowels regularized, they’re regular enough as it is,” Ellery said, smiling sunnily.
Dupree raised his hand. “Joe don’t say a fuckin word, I can already hear ya thinking it.”
“Get me a biscuit next time,” Ellery said, nibbling on the muffin.
Wes opened his door. “Ellery, Mel’s gonna be by at two ta go down an see Worrell one final time before his window a cooperation gets closed fer the purposes a Wyomin vs. Worrell, you got that?”
“Shit. Yeah. Better eat while I can, I won’t be able ta digest after seein him again,” Ellery mused, biting into the muffin.
L
mariez:
--- Quote from: MaineWriter on January 20, 2007, 12:41:03 pm ---Chapter 42:
Ellery found it difficult to talk. “Thank you, Wes. No I ain’t got anythin to append ta my reports, I did what it says in em.”
Wes nodded. “I know. One day you might get ta be the first queer Sheriff in Wyomin, Ellery, you got it in ya. When I say I got full confidence in you I mean... full confidence. You hear me boy?”
......
L
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This was a very disturbing, scary part of the story - but, to lighten the mood a little . ..
I also have full confidence that Ellery could be Wes's successor as Sheriff of Albany County - after all, he's already the "Mayor of Queerville," right, Leslie? ;D
Thanks! Marie
mariez:
--- Quote from: MaineWriter on January 20, 2007, 12:56:31 pm ---And our last quote of the day, from Chapter 45:
“What the hell happened ta my standin order fer biscuits, Joe?” Ellery frowned, setting down the Steele file.
“Uh… you should get inta eatin bran, keeps yer bowels regular,” Joe said.
“I don’t need my bowels regularized, they’re regular enough as it is,” Ellery said, smiling sunnily.
Dupree raised his hand. “Joe don’t say a fuckin word, I can already hear ya thinking it.”
L
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I remember laughing out loud when I first read this - and it's just as funny on the re-read. Another character that I really like and would love to get to know better - Joe. As we've seen in "Dupree's Choice" and at other times in the Saga - there's a really sharp mind in that round body.
Thanks for all the quotes, Leslie!
Marie
MaineWriter:
--- Quote from: mariez on January 20, 2007, 01:09:47 pm ---This was a very disturbing, scary part of the story - but, to lighten the mood a little . ..
I also have full confidence that Ellery could be Wes's successor as Sheriff of Albany County - after all, he's already the "Mayor of Queerville," right, Leslie? ;D
Thanks! Marie
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Ha ha ha ha ha...yes!
L
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