Golden Orange (46 page)

Authors: Joseph Wambaugh

BOOK: Golden Orange

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Sergeant Hawthorne managed an embarrassed smile and began wiping ketchup off the sweatshirt and off his face, until scraps of shredded napkin clung to his chin.

Jetsam looked at the vice sergeant and said, “What's the thread count on these things anyways? You got pieces of it hanging off your face.”

Flotsam said, “Sarge, if we let you dial us in, you gotta learn how to eat a fucking hamburger. You're making us, like, way nervous here.”

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