Queen Never Cry novel · Chapter 23 of 32
Chapter 23: Live
The producer met us at the studio's loading dock with a clipboard and the face of a woman who had not slept.
"Garret Mercer," she said, "I haul your frozen turkeys every Thanksgiving, and you still owe me for the ice storm."
"Six trucks," Garret said. "I'm paying you back now."
"You are paying me back with a felon."
"With the truth," I said. "It's lighter to carry."
She looked at me for a long moment.
"Eight-oh-four," she said. "Second segment. I'll put you on the couch when I hear the host say 'we'll be right back.'"
"What if she doesn't?"
"She always does."
Behind a black curtain I stood in Hester's navy sweater and listened to Desmond's voice on a monitor.
It was warm and wet and utterly sincere.
"I won't pretend I'm not afraid," he said. "She was in prison for stealing from orphans."
"Scholarship children," said the host, gently.
"From scholarship children, and now she wants my daughter."
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