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Taylor follows Angie to a table near the dust-frostedpane Angie’s hair is dyed such a dark black that she has a slightly purple scalp, like soers

She turns around suddenly and tells Taylor in a quieter voice,

"I owe you for this You just don’t know, that boy means the whole world to ie’s eyes and can only think to say, "Thank you" For no physical reason Taylor can work out, Angie re oes to retrieve Turtle and Lucky frorapher and deliver thely so does Turtle

"Everybody’s real proud of you," Taylor tells her

"I know I saved s of her chair Lucky reaches out and strokes Turtle’s shoulder twice Taylor thinks of the reporter’s fortune-cookie prediction that Turtle’s life has been changed forever

Angie doesn’t take any orders, she just brings food Lucky leans so eagerly over his mashed potatoes that Taylor has to look away This et straight down to the ani it for what it is Taylor ads over a custohter," Angie says by way of introduction

"No," he says ht theued by theprofession and the scar on his neck He’s handsome in the same way Jax is, thin and knuckly On hts," she tells him "Well, once I did In somebody’s barn, in Kentucky On a blind date"

Collieso it’s apparently not a threat "I hope your date turned out better than the chicken’s"

"Not a whole lot better, but thanks It’s not too legal back there Is it legal here? Or just kind of a hobby?"

"The fights aren’t up here," he says "They’re down by the Crit reservation That’s where I live I just coie"

Taylor speculates on the relationship of Angie Buster and Collie Bluestone, and wonders briefly if Collie is Angie’s chicken supplier, but decides not to ask Turtle is eating as if she hadn’t been fed since the change of seasons Taylor is positive they had breakfast "What kind of Indian is Crit?" she asks Collie "I never heard of theain "C-R-I-T, it stands for Colorado River Indian Tribes, which there aren’t none It’s a fake tribe ot left out when they carved up the territory It’s like if they called everybody in a prison ‘the Leavenworth faot to live soht? There’s so okay?"

"We ain with more food and men She introduces the men but Taylor doesn’t catch their names, only their hands to shake as they sit down One of the his are up at Lake Havasu?" he asks

Lucky pipes up suddenly with his cover story "Mom, I accidentally walked on the railroad tracks to Havasu"

Angie and all the h

Lucky joins in, enjoying his own joke, since that’s what it turned out to be Angie wipes her eyes and it gets very quiet

"We didn’t stop this e," Taylor says "I’ve heard about it, though So it over here?"

Lucky quietly sings, "London bridges falling down"

"Some fat cat," says the ht it, he decided he had to get it cleaned He said it cost more to clean it than to buy it"

"I had a jacket like that one ti a certain pressure to keep the conversation going

"Set down," cowboy hat tells Angie Ordering people around seeie’s Diner "Tell theels"