Chapter 9
We lay there a few minutes, then, like we were doped. It was so still that all you could hear was this gurgle from the inside of the car.
“What now, Frank?”
“Tough road ahead, Cora. You’ve got to be good, from now on. You sure you can go through it?”
“After that, I can go through anything.”
“They’ll come at you, those cops. They’ll try to break you down. You ready for them?”
“I think so.”
“Maybe they’ll pin something on you. I don’t think they can, with those witnesses we got. But maybe they do it. Maybe they pin it on you for manslaughter, and you spend a year in jail. Maybe it’s as bad as that. You think you can take it on the chin?”
“So you’re waiting for me when I come out.”
“I’ll be there.”