I SMOKED a cigarette, thinking it through. Smoked a couple more. It had to be connected- not one of her witchy games.
I'm not sure how I remembered the number. She answered halfway through the first ring.
"I know who this is."
"Okay. What else do you know?"
"I know what you want to know. Come and see me and I'll tell you."
"Say it now. It'll only take a second."
"Longer than that. Come and see me. You want to do it anyway."
"No I don't. We settled that."
"Nothing's settled. If I wanted to talk on the phone, I would have called you."
I bit into the filter of my cigarette. "I'll meet you. Remember where we first talked?"
"You're afraid to come here."
"Yes."
"Afraid of me."
"That too.
"You can't meet me outdoors. You know better than that. You know what I have to tell you. Make a choice. I'll be here tonight. From when it gets dark to when it gets light."