I picked up the transceiver and punched the send button. “Breaker, breaker, this is Bat-daddy callin’ Big Bubba, you got your ears on, good buddy?”
The response was immediate. A crackle of static and Boo’s voice came back over the tinny speaker. “This here’s Big Bubba, come on back, Bat-daddy.”
“Boo, we’re going to need to find a restroom or rest stop or something pretty soon.”
“What? Come on, Hoss; you gotta be kiddin’ me!”
“’Fraid not, big guy. And one other thing.”
“Sure, Long Pall Trucking, we aim to please.”
“Be on the lookout for a veterinary clinic or animal hospital or pet supply store. We may need to pick up a couple of those large, plastic head cones.”
“Head cones?”
“You know those lampshade-looking collars they put on pets to keep them from chewing on themselves . . . ?”
Theresa and Deirdre turned their heads to look at me. I had their attention now but I knew from recent experience that it wouldn’t last.
It was going to be a long drive home.
* * *
THE END
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Wm. Mark Simmons is the author of five novels. His first, In The Net of Dreams, was a finalist for the Compton Crook Award and made the Locus "Best" list in 1991. That novel, with its two sequels, When Dreams Collide and the new novel The Woman of His Dreams, have recently been published in one hardcover volume by Meisha Merlin Publishing. For Baen he wrote the popular and critically praised One Foot in the Grave, to which Dead on My Feet is a sequel. Simmons has worked as a teacher, actor, director, musician, and entertainer, hosting his own shows on both television and radio while winning awards as a journalist and copywriter. He currently manages a public radio station in Louisiana, and hosts a classical music program.
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