larry handed dick skinner a little black plastic object.
keep this on your belt on on your wrist. and keep it on or under your pillow when you go to sleep.
what is it?
it’s a pager. larry explained to dick what a pager was, and that he should have it at hand 24 7.
why can’t they just call me on my phone?
this is quicker. and surer. it can’t be hacked.
whatever. dick did not ask any more questions. there was a clip on the pager and he clipped it on his belt.
*
later, they were sitting in the little room they shared over the garage that held the truck larry had picked dick up in. and so far, no other vehicles that dick could see. but he continued to not ask any questions.
outside, the afternoon was getting on.
larry was watching matlock on the tv. matlock and perry mason and rockford files were his favorite shows.
can i go for a walk? dick asked.
a walk?
you know, just walk around, get some fresh air, look at the trees and the birds.
there are not a lot of birds out there.
all right, i will just look at the trees, and the sky and the clouds.
not a lot of clouds either.
then i will look at the trees and the sky? can i go for a walk or not? it is not that big a deal.
yeah, you can go. just don’t go very far.
how far can i go?
not very. just don’t go right up to the house.
larry meant the house the willetts lived in. dick had still not seen them.
i won’t, dick said.
go ahead then. larry turned back to the screen he had paused matlock on, and resumed it.
*
larry was right. dick could not hear any birds, and there were no clouds in the sky.
and no buildings that dick could see. just the willett’s house, and the garage.
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