![]() ![]() Yes, Sheridan thought, he was five all right, maybe even six - just very frail. He got out and walked toward the kid, who was looking around with increasing panic. Never mind all that bullshit he was in a jam and that kid over there could solve some very big problems. You always pretend you 're not going out looking, but you always lift a crip plate a day or two before. That plate was worth its weight in gold, because it kept any mall security cop from getting suspicious, and those spaces were so convenient and almost always empty. He had one of the special license plates the state gave to crips on the back of his van. Sheridan pulled his van into one of the handicap parking spaces right in front of the mall. and by the fourth time he had almost stopped wondering about the botrahd, and what might be at the end of it for the little kids. Tossing and turning, wishing he had the whole thing to do over again so he could turn it around, so he could walk away from temptation. Sheridan hadn't asked any more, but that didn't mean he hadn't kept wondering. And if you know what's good for you, you won't ask any more about it, that smile said, and it said it loud and clear, without an accent. Sheridan," the Turk told him, only it came out Dey goo on a bot-rahd, Messtair Shurdunn. Wizard, kept wondering what he did with the children. He kept thinking about that big greasy Turk who called himself Mr. The first time he hadn't slept for a week. though every time he took a child, that feeling grew a little less urgent. Sheridan paused for a moment, feeling the familiar soft wave of self-disgust. On his face was an expression to which Sheridan had become exquisitely attuned. It was a boy-child, perhaps a big three and surely no more than five. Popsy by Stephen King Sheridan was cruising slowly down the long blank length of the shopping mall when he saw the little kid push out through the main doors under the lighted sign which read COUSINTOWN. ![]()
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