A Blind Eye (24 page)
Authors: G. M. Ford
Tags: #Mystery; Thriller & Suspense, #Mystery, #Thrillers & Suspense, #Suspense, #Thrillers
H
e knows. I can see it in his eyes when
he looks at me. Sittin’ there in that wheelchair throwing hard looks my way while the preacher runs on at the mouth. Hell with him. He didn’t look so tough laying there in the trunk of Mama’s car, now did he? Looked like he was gonna start bawling all over himself like a little girl or something. Don’t matter what he thinks, though. If he had anything to say, he’d have said it by now. Must have his own reasons for shutting up.
People are like that. You think you know what’s going on inside their heads, but you don’t. They tell themselves they know how other people feel, when really they don’t have a clue. ’Cause everybody does things for their own reasons. They do what they gotta do to survive. No matter how crazy it might look to somebody on the outside, to them it makes perfect sense.
Mama May says Papa’s life insurance from the company will take care of Emily and me for a long time. Says we can split the money as we grow up and go off to college. Says it’ll give us a good start in life. Maybe even buy each of us our first house. If I had the money all to myself, I could buy a big old fancy house someplace far away and never come back here again.
’Course I didn’t say that to her.
PETER ROBINSON grew up in Yorkshire, England, and has lived in North America for twenty-five years. His previous Inspector Banks novels include
In a Dry Season
—which was nominated for the Edgar®, won the Anthony Award, and was named a
New York Times
Notable Book—and the international bestsellers
Aftermath
,
Close to Home
, and
Playing with Fire
. You can visit his website at
www.inspectorbanks.com.
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G. M. FORD
,
FRANK CORSO
, and
A BLIND EYE
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ord is a stylish and supremely confident writer…Corso may…develop into one of the more interesting and durable series heroes around.”
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This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents are products of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously and are not to be construed as real. Any resemblance to actual events, locales, organizations, or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental.
A BLIND EYE
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