“Wasn’t me,” Virgil said.
“Didn’t think it was,” the sheriff said. “You take it easy there, Virgil.”
“I’ll do that.”
—
Frankie came out on the porch, chewing on an apple. She was wearing a white T-shirt and ripped blue jeans and sandals, blond braid falling down her back; she was an American dream. “It’s awful hot,” she said. “You guys come on inside, I’ve made some lemonade.”
Sam and Bill started toward the porch, but Honus hung back deep in the imaginary infield.
When Sam and Bill were inside, Frankie called, “You coming? Maybe you and me and Sparkle and Bill could go on down to the swimming hole after the lemonade?”
Virgil took off his baseball cap and wiped away the sweat on his forehead. Really was hot.
He said, “That sounds terrific. Minnesota in the summertime, huh? But let me hit a couple more grounders out to Honus.”
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
John Sandford is the author of twenty-six Prey novels; nine Virgil Flowers novels, most recently Deadline; three young adult novels, written with Michele Cook; and the science fiction thriller Saturn Run, written with Ctein. He lives in New Mexico.
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