- Sail Cat Road continues now. #
- Ritko had been trained to become invisible. Thousands of government dollars went into educating him on the skill of vanishing. #
- Going off the grid is not an easy thing. There must be a body. There must be a dead end. I.D.s, service weapon, badge, everything. #
- Fire was good; hard to run a trace on charcoal. CSI was sophisticated, but not like on TV. Cooked bones and a badge would work down here. #
- Ritko made sure everything that could I.D. him was in the wreck. The men who died, like so many others, deserved it. Perhaps Ritko as well. #
- He was no longer Mikal Ritko. He was no one when he hot wired the farmer’s truck next to the carport and drove to the end of the highway. #
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- Ritko’s life had been a geometric equation of people, events and evidence. He worked the calculations until he found his result. Not now. #
- The ordeal before him was blood and loose ends. For the first time in his life, after all of the violent things he had done, he was afraid. #
- He was not afraid of dying. He expected that. Felt it was overdue. He was afraid of failing. Dying was easy. Failing was unacceptable. #
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- Ritko owed Jimmy Gantt. Jimmy had saved his life once – by not killing him when he had the change. Ironic mercy is enough sometimes. #
- So he owed the man for that one. More importantly, Jimmy had given Ritko the inside track on cases that made his career in the service. #
- Ritko came from a poor family. His parents spoke no English. Ritko’s job from childhood on was to succeed. He had done his job – and more. #
- He had done the worst jobs available because the odds of glory and promotion were quicker. Of course, the odds of failure were inherent. #
- Ritko did not fail often. And when he did, he was good enough to cover it up. Now he was covering up his entire life by going off the grid. #
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- “No one expects a dead person to do anything,” Jimmy had told him years ago. “So dead people can do everything.” #
- Ritko was officially dead as society measures life. He was neatly cinched up, freed of the daily mendacity that defines human existence. #
- For the first time in years, he felt alive. The trees were greener. The leaves had textures he had never noticed. Water tasted better. #
- He enjoyed breathing. He had never noticed it before. His lungs felt sweet with each intake. The smell of freedom made him smile. #
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- Chapter 21 #
- Interstates and cities are separated by more guardrails and on and off ramps that carve life into two different worlds: here and there. #
- The highway is anonymous, living off gasoline, metal, rubber and halogen bulbs. Once you leave the city, you become a 65 mph license plate. #
- Gas stations and cheap hotels crowded the cloverleaf. Jolene drove up to the cafe in a sedan with Texas plates. She parked in the back. #
- Gus did not see her. Jimmy did. He saw every expected motion and every evasive move. Jolene was always evasive. It was her expected pattern. #
- “Jolene just drove up the back, working her way around here. She probably saw my truck,” said Jimmy. “Looks like she’s been healing.” #
- “She’ll never heal,” said Gus. “She’s meant to be in pain on this earth. So are those around her. She’s like you. Y’all are the same.” #
- The smell of burnt coffee blurred with burnt bacon, burnt toast and burnt cigarettes. The waitress was scorched red from sunburn as well. #
- “I guess if you want it well-done, we’ve come to the right place,” said Gus attempting to lighten his somber mood. Jimmy did not bite. #
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