Monday, November 03, 2014

Willy Vlautin, The Free

'"I wish I could help, Freddie, but that's not the policy that this company has."
"The company is you and me, Pat. Everybody else is gone now." [...]
Two painters came into the store and walked toward the counter. Pat finally looked at Freddie and nodded his head to them, picked up his donuts and coffee, and went into his office. Twenty minutes later he came out and heated his lunch in the microwave. He then went back inside his office to call his wife, and Dr. James Dobson’s voice began leaking through the walls.'