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“Last time we talked,” he said, rubbing his chin and looking out the window, “he blamed me for Steve, said he wouldn’t have run his car off the bridge if it hadn’t of been for me.”
“He wasn’t thinking straight. You know that.”
“I know what he said.”
“Don't listen. You know he can't help himself. He calls it shooting from the hip, and he’s proud of it, but usually he misfires and hurts his friends. In this instance, after three shots of whiskey, he took aim at his son.”
He thought about all of these things. Then he stood up and took back the bag of groceries she was still holding.
“Did he leave a number?”
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