Michael Malone - Weebly

know that little lunch place next to the pharmacy on
Dingley Circle? Well, she got a job there, just
something temporary to tide things over in case, well,
anyhow, you had to stay in Argyle or wherever. Of
course, that doesn't help you now because the Tea
Shoppe's closed, but still. That's what she's doing, and I
don't want you to think she's been taken off."
"Where's she staying?"
"How should I know? She didn't come to me for
help. But if you want my advice, because my motto is if
somebody asks you for water don't give them vinegar
instead, the only person I know of where Chinkie—"
"Her name's Chin Lam, okay? It's not Chinkie, it's
not Chink.
It's Chin."
"Maynard, you know I don't mean anything by it.
It's just what everybody's gotten used to. Hi there,
Doris, how they treating you, tips rotten as ever?" Sarah
squeezed the arm of a waitress who passed them on her
way to the toilet. "Anyhow, the only place I can think of
where she could be staying is Judith Haig's house. I
don't know if you remember Judith, but she's Hawk's