61. Roland makes a Suggestion
Everyone stared at him with dispassion. Grady was agitated and went to confront Roland. Butch, who still held the briefcase, kicked him. Grady immediately pulled his cuffs out.
Roland replied, “Sheriff I want to show you that I am an honest person.” Would you like to look at or hold them?
Grady was screaming with every bone in his body to get the briefcase out of his hands as soon as possible. He couldn’t help but be curious.
62. Grady Takes a Look
He kept on his sunglasses, which seemed to deter the objects from grabbing him. Grady mocked Roland in public, but he was not so sure about it. The man might not be crazy. The silver oblong “coins”, engraved with strange markings and , did have an appeal.
Grady shook the head. Grady looked at the crowd, a group of people he had known all his life. He looked out at the town’s square, its quaint historic buildings and the white gazebo where he had married Marianne.
He leaned in to the microphone, steeling himself.