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Two Alabama deputies brought the fuckstick out of the courthouse, and that Boudrot didn’t see us at first. Luther was about to shout at him. He had a hand raised and his mouth open, but Barbara beat him to it. She snarled and barked like hounds rarely do. There wasn’t any baying to it all. It sounded to me like the canine version of, “Hey, shithead. Over here.”

That Boudrot saw us. He saw her mostly and said more hard things to that dog than even the worst mongrel probably hears in the course of its natural life.

The deputies hustled that Boudrot into the back of the van as he struggled against them and informed Barbara of every vile thing he’d get up to with her if he ever caught her alone. She gave as much back, was dripping foam by the time that van pulled off.

We rode to the Sonic in Desmond’s new Escalade, all packed in together.

“What do you think?” Desmond asked me once we were going flat out on the truck route.

“Rides nice,” I told him and drew a deep breath. “Smells expensive,” I said.

ALSO BY RICK GAVIN

Beluga

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ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Rick Gavin is the alter ego of writer T. R. Pearson. The author of several works of fiction and nonfiction, including the acclaimed novels
A Short History of a Small Place, Polar,
and
Blue Ridge
, he lives in Virginia.
Nowhere Nice
is his third Nick Reid novel, after
Ranchero
and
Beluga
.

This is a work of fiction. All of the characters, organizations, and events portrayed in this novel are either products of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously.

NOWHERE NICE. Copyright © 2013 by Rick Gavin. All rights reserved. For information, address St. Martin’s Press, 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10010.