The Echo of the Whip
“With a smug note in her voice, Mira had asked, “Great, right? Can’t do better.”“Only one thing missing,” Sweetie told her.“I won’t own a gun,” Mira said.Sweetie smiled. “I won’t ask you to; I have my own.”“What then?”“Do you have any allergies?”“Only to retrograde politics,” Mira said.“Good. Let me make a quick call. You know the name of the nearest Catholic church.”Mira was a Methodist when she bothered to attend services at all, but as a political animal she knew where religious voters gather...ed and gave Sweetie the name she needed. Sweetie made a call and within an hour had what she wanted: the loan of a small friendly dog with an outsized fearsome bark. She struck a deal with the owner to rent him by the day.The beast’s name was Dudley, and Sweetie had him eating out of her hand in short order.Mira didn’t mind having the dog in her house. “He’s kind of cute for a mutt, but I don’t see him being much help in a fight.”“I don’t want any help with that.MoreLess
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