he hung up and found Sarah's number with trembling hands.
But she didn't answer. What on earth now?
He looked through the other numbers in his wallet and saw a name : Muriel Pritchett, animal trainer. She answered at once.
It's Macon leary
Oh! How're you doing?
I'm fine. Or, rather... He tried to explain about Edward and Charles and being on top of a building in New York.
Let's make sure I've got this right, Muriel said. Edward"s in your pantry
Macon tried again. Edward's outside the pantry. My brother's in side, and say he's going to call the police to come shoot Edward so I thought if you could go over and..
I'll go right away, and take Edward to the Meow-Bow.
Oh, wonderful. And there's something else...I'm haveing this kind of...see,I'm on top of this very tall building and I don't know what it is but something has scared the hell out of me.
Oh,I thing people who go up those buildings are so brave.
Macon gave a dry laugh, and held the phone more tightly.
Yes, you ought to be feeling so pround of yourself, just being up there! she said. And Macon, when you get back from your trip, we need to talk about Edward's training. things just can't go on this way, can they? I mean, this is ridiculous.
Yes. Yes, you're absolutely right,
see you, then. Bye
After Macon hung up, he went back into the restaurant and sat down at his table. He felt calm and tired and terribly hungry.
I'll be honest, Muriel said, my baby was not exactly planned for. If you want to know the truth, the baby was the reason I married Norman in the first place. But I didn't push him into it.