If I Gave You A Pity Position

Ranger Plays By His Own Set Of Rules, And I Don't Have A Complete Copy.

He Had A Body Like Batman

I Paused For A Light At Hamilton And Twlfth And Noticed The Nissan Was Running Rough At Idle. Two Blocks Later It Backfired And Stalled. I Coaxed It Into The Center Of The City. Ffft, Ffft, Ffft, Kapow! Ffft, Ffft, Ffft, Kapow! A Trans Am Pulled Up Next To Me At A Light. The Trans Am Was Filled With High School Kids. One Of Them Stuck His Head Out Of The Passenger-side Window. "hey Lady," He Said. "sounds Like You Got A Fartmobile." I Flipped Him An Italian Goodwill Gesture And Pulled The Ball Cap Low On My Forehead. (three To Get Deadly)

That Was Close,"he Said, Helping Himself To Coffee. Yeah, You Almost Opened The Door To Morelli." I Wasn't Talking About Morelli. I Was Talking About Us." That Too," I Said. Ranger Sliced A Bagel And Looked For The Toaster. It's Broken,"i Told Him. He Truned The Boiler On And Slid The Bagel Into The Oven. That's Surprisingly Domestic For A Man Of Mystery," I Said To Him. He Looked At Me Over The Rim Of His Coffee Mug. "i Like Things Hot.

There Are Some Men Who Enter A Woman’s Life And Screw It Up Forever. Joseph Morelli Did This To Me—not Forever, But Periodically.