Spinning Man Page #2

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cutthroat places.

364 days of the year,

I don't even think about it.

Well, I always tell people Ellen is

the smartest woman I know.

Hey, how about high schools?

Aren't they always

looking for, uh, subs?

Oh, can you imagine what that

mother is going through?

She is so young.

I hope they catch whoever did it

and fry his sicko a-s-s.

Hi. Come on in.

Anna.

Thought I saw

your name on the roll.

How was your summer?

It was great, actually.

Um, I went to Greece after all.

- You did go? Fantastic.

- Mm-hmm.

The cradle of philosophy.

- How was it?

- It was amazing.

I got a chance to read your book

while I was there,

and, um, I was wondering...

Like, I know you're probably

so over talking about it,

but I would love to sit down with you

and... over coffee or something,

you know,

and just pick your brain.

Well, I am certainly

not over talking about it,

but I don't

actually drink coffee.

My, uh, office hours

are on the top there.

Okay.

Hi, everybody.

I, uh, see some familiar faces,

which is good.

We philosophers are a dying

breed, so safety in numbers.

For those of you

who don't know me,

I am Dr. birch,

and this is humanities 325,

the philosophy of language.

Uh...

Thought it seemed

a little crowded in here.

- Ellen birch?

- Yes.

Is your husband home?

Need help?

Uh, no. It's all right. I...

Well, I'm looking

for mousetraps.

Just didn't expect

to see so many.

I thought I'd just find

the old tom and Jerry kind.

Is this any good?

Yeah, but they're kinda cruel.

The little mouse gets stuck in

there and starves to death.

- Oh, really?

- Yeah.

Hmm.

But these ones

let you trap the mouse,

then release it

in a field somewhere.

Well, it's more

than I wanted to pay,

but I guess it's the least i

could do for the little guy.

Do you have a gun?

Yes, I do.

Can I see it?

No, you may not.

Why?

Well, because guns

are dangerous.

- Why?

- Well, because they are.

Honey, let's just go

upstairs and play, okay?

- But I wanna see it.

- I know you do,

but you gotta go

upstairs and see...

Play. Go. Go. Play.

Yeah, they're curious

at that age.

- Maybe you should give your husband another call.

- Yeah. Yeah, yeah.

Press okay.

- What?

- Press okay.

Yeah.

Thank you.

Ellen?

Hey, what's wrong?

Are the kids okay?

Yeah, they're fine.

They're fine.

Dr. birch?

Detective Robert Malloy.

Detective Killian.

Officer antonelli.

Oh, hi. What can we do for you?

Is something wrong?

Do you own

a gray 2015 Volvo s60?

Where were you?

I've been calling you.

I... I stopped

at the hardware store.

What's this about, detective?

Well...

Girl from eastfield

went missing a few days ago.

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