on with Sapian, and suggested that Fidel should be the one to get Flavio to back off on his investigation. Gruffly, Fidel agreed, told Kerney to stay in touch, and disconnected. Somewhat piqued by Fidel's attitude, so typical of federal officers who looked down their noses at local cops,
Ker
ney put the phone away
just as Malcolm
Usher
called him over. He asked a few questions about how cops would serve a court order to the rancher and, armed with the information Kerney provided, began talking to the cinematographer about the shots he wanted to use. Johnny, Julia, and Ethan Stone had returned from the
ba
rn and were clustered
around the construction
named Barry Hingle, who had the good looks and hard body of an actor. Kerney joined them and listened as Stone told the man he wanted all the buildings to look weather beaten an
d dingy.
"Hardscrabbl e and impoverished be
st describes
it,"
Stone said. "This must
appear to be th
e ranch of
a ma
anging on.""
"Daddy will absolutely hate that," Julia said
with
a laugh.
"Don't worry, my dear," Stone said. "It's all
magic, smoke and mirrors. Barry and
his crew will
put every thing back as it should be once we f
How do I have a transcript sent to my school or myself?
inish.
"You'd better," Julia said teasingly.
Stone and Hingle moved away to inspect the
buildings.
"Where's the old man?" Johnny asked Julia, his
gaze locked on his parents' house.