Page 42 of Nearly Roadkill: Queer Love on the Run

Winc: That fucking… I’m speechless.

Scratch: Sign off now!

Scratch has left the room.

Winc has left the room.

“Damn!” He lights a cigarette with shaking hands.

“It’s true, Wally. They’ve made over sixty arrests nationwide in the last thirty minutes.”

His jaw drops.

“Did Lieutenant Henderson happen to mention who he might be arresting?”

“He said they’re insurrectionists,” she answers. “And you already have two cigarettes going, babe. I don’t think you need that third one.”

He looks down at the match he’s holding and blows it out with a puff.

“Well, I’ll be damned,” he says. “Thanks for doin’ what you do.”

“Oh, there’s lots I could do, Lieutenant.”

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TOOBE ENTRY

Oh man, oh man, oh man. I just got this from Orlio at The Rally.

To: Toobe@encrypted

From: Orlio@encrypted

Subj: Every nightmare you’ve had

Doode, this is *scary*. I was in a rally room and people started dropping off the line, right? We thought it was a node overload, but look:

BarBun: Hey, where’d Thesman go?

FredMan: I’ll call him live. brb.

Hanzoo: So, you guys gonna strike?

HotHead: Well, I was, but now I don’t know.

FredMan: bak! I… this is TERRIBLE! They’ve arrested Thesman!

They think he’s conspiring with S they can’t keep their dicks out of it.

Winc: Nope, they can’t. ::leaning my head on your thigh::

Scratch: The rude insistence of it…

Winc: ::kissing your thigh gently::

Scratch: ::desire welling up:: I love you.

::softly::

I love you, Winc

I love you, Digqueer

I love you, whatever your boy-name was.

I love you, Frankie, and Tasha Yar.

Winc: ::tears filling eyes::

Scratch: Bye, dollface.

Winc: ::softly:: Bye handsome

END SCRATCH JOURNAL ENTRY

NARRATIVE ENTRY, JABBATHEHUT

Midnight. The building is quieter now.

Budge’s hands are tied. He has no authorization to move in. Poor slobs. Henderson doesn’t use kid gloves.

The phone rings.

“It’s Shel.”

“Yeah?”

“It’s about your being taken off this case.”

“Yeah?”

“I found a loophole.”

“Aw, Shel.”

“Get ready to be happy.”

END JABBA NARRATIVE ENTRY