Would have finished earlier, but I went to a movie. Huzzah for me!
“Something’s bothering you, Shamus?” she said. “Is it the charms?”
I looked at her, puzzled. “No, it’s just the Cazals Case. The charms, they’re still just a coincidence. I told you.”
“Sorry, Shamus. They just seem important to me. I don’t know why.”
“Well, Graciella, there’s two reasons why you might be feeling that. The first is that your Shamus instincts are rising up and grabbing your lapel, yelling at you that hey, this is important!” I popped the cap on my beer. I remember when they still used corks for that. Shoot, I remembered when the beer wasn’t always cold. Ah, progress.
Graciella watched me take a few swallows before she decided to ask, “So what’s the second reason?”
“You’re rushing the Case.” I put down the beer. “Sometimes that works, sometimes it doesn’t. Not worth forcing a Case before it’s ready.”